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UT Health San Antonio awarded five-year, $5 million federal grant to expand access to Long COVID care

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 22, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, announced a five-year, $5 million grant to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) to expand access to care for […]

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Gearing Up to Fight Against Childhood Cancer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2023    Contacts: Monica Taylor, 210-450-8970, taylorm1@uthscsa.edu, Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu UT Health San Antonio has half a million more reasons to continue its fight against the disease during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month  WHAT:           In the United States, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer every day. To help in the fight […]

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UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing maintains top 5% national ranking among undergraduate programs

Tied for No. 31 nationally, second in Texas, by U.S. News & World Report Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 19, 2023 – The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) maintained its ranking in the top 5% of undergraduate nursing programs nationally in U.S. News […]

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Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring

Contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 20, 2023 – A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of […]

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Nation’s first dual degree in medicine and AI aims to prepare the next generation of health care providers

  Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu, Christi Fish, 210-410-8874, christi.fish@utsa.edu The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and the University College at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are officially launching the first known program in […]

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A naturally occurring alternative to antibiotics?

San Antonio Medical Foundation-funded research provides key assistance.

Phages, which live in the digestive tract, could treat bacterial infections if issues impacting effectiveness are solved. Research at UT Health San Antonio and UTSA is doing just that. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 30, 2023) — Could beneficial viruses that live in the gut replace or supplement antibiotics to treat bacterial […]

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Toxic molds, fossil fuels, antibiotics linked to chemical intolerance

In national survey, thousands recall initial exposures that led to spiral of sensitivities Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 25, 2023) — What initiates chemical intolerance (CI)? In a newly released survey of thousands of U.S.

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Metabolite in urine predicts diabetic kidney failure 5-10 years early; oral therapeutic drug shows promise in mice

Current leading marker, protein in urine, does not apply to all patients with diabetes who develop kidney disease Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 24, 2023) — Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a […]

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio makes Forbes Best-In-State Employers third straight year

Ranks sixth among health care/social employers statewide Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 23, 2023 – For a third straight year, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has made Forbes magazine’s list of Best-In-State Employers, and ranks high among health care employers statewide. The institution […]

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UT Health San Antonio, 7 collaborators garner $46 million from NIH to move discoveries into practice

Community engagement, career development, degree programs and pilot projects among Clinical and Translational Science Award activities Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 17, 2023) — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) and seven regional collaborators will leverage $46 million from the National Institutes […]

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