<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio melanoma expert Monte Shaheen, MD, was part of a team of investigators that conducted a phase II clinical trial funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to determine the efficacy and safety of administering the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO – UT Health San Antonio proudly announces it is the official sports medicine provider of the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas. Led by UT Health San Antonio’s orthopaedic physicians Katherine Bartush, MD and Ken O. Kenneth-Nwosa, MD, the medical team includes Caitlyn Mooney, MD, Thomas DeBerardino, MD and Philip […]</p>
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<p>Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 2, 2023) — The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, will present the 2023 South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference Public Event for community members to learn about new therapies and exciting research progress in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The […]</p>
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<p>Written by Cliff Despres, Institute for Health Promotion Research Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 21, 2023) — Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, of UT Health San Antonio is launching the new “Avanzando Equidad de Salud: Latino Cancer Health Equity Research Center” thanks to a four-year, $4.08 million grant from the American Cancer […]</p>
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<p>Obesity in midlife and in women most closely linked to dementia Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 22, 2023) — In a new study, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) link obesity with 21 Alzheimer’s disease-related genes, providing a potential mechanistic explanation for […]</p>
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<p>UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Amerigroup Texas contact: Steve Scheibal, 512-762-8808, steve@newwestcomms.com SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 21, 2023 — Children and families in need of health care in rural Texas communities are being visited by mobile nursing clinics dispatched from the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 16, 2023) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) will receive $4 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas in the state agency’s latest round of funding announced Feb. 15. A $2 million CPRIT recruitment award […]</p>
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<p>Local efforts help highlight National Children’s Dental Health Month Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Content contributed by Kristen Zapata SAN ANTONIO and LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 8, 2023 – Two satellite community clinics of the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry are providing critical low-cost care, in particular addressing a high incidence of dental disease […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 2, 2023 – A patient with a substance use disorder in a rural town outside Houston recently needed lab work done before she could be prescribed medication for her treatment. But she didn’t have a ride to the lab. Not a problem, as it turned out. Be […]</p>
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<p>Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 1, 2023) — The Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, was the lead site for a study evaluating Phase I and Phase III clinical trials for elacestrant, a treatment for postmenopausal women and adult men with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast […]</p>
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