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Could enhancing the body’s own marijuana-like chemical treat Alzheimer’s?

Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 23, 2023) — Can the body’s naturally occurring “pot” be boosted in the brain to treat Alzheimer’s disease? A researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is studying that intriguing question with $4.4 million in newly awarded funding from the National Institutes […]

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Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics is now the Charles E. Cheever Jr. Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics

Philanthropist-businessman’s legacy includes educating health professionals to embrace compassionate care SAN ANTONIO (June 22, 2023) — With more than $3 million in gifts from family, friends and supporters, including a lead gift from the Sally and Charlie Cheever Foundation, a new endowment will support in perpetuity the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at The […]

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Blog: Study points to a key feature of health and wellness at any age: immune resilience

Contributed by the research team that led this study. Have you ever boasted about having a strong immune system? Or, alternatively, wondered why you seem to get extra sick extra often? Common sense suggests that people respond differently to sickness and stress. But so far, there has not been an easy way to verify this […]

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Social determinants of health training focuses on thinking beyond medicine

June 20 event draws about 200 medical residents, fellows-in-training Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, June 20, 2023 – To Averi White, MD, a third-year internal medicine resident, health care is as much about the circumstances that bring her patients to see her as the treatment she provides. “Social determinants of health are the […]

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People who preserve ‘immune resilience’ live longer, resist infections

Multinational study identifies immune resilience as a factor that influences life span, HIV/AIDS, flu, sepsis mortality, recurrent skin cancer and COVID-19 mortality Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 13, 2023) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, working with collaborators in five countries, today revealed that the […]

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300 attend ‘Think Science: Dementia in South Texas’

Clinical trials, brain and biobank donation and risk factors among topics discussed Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (June 12, 2023) — “Think Science: Dementia in South Texas,” a live event moderated by Nathan Cone of Texas Public Radio, drew 300 people to the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Campus June 7 for […]

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Wellness 360: The clinical practice of UT Health San Antonio’s Nursing School continues to shine

Nurse practitioner-led clinics triple patient visits since 2019 Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, June 6, 2023 – Wellness 360, a growing patient-care practice of the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, quickly has established itself providing primary and acute care to the public at the school’s main campus, at a variety of community […]

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Study shows toothpaste with ‘artificial enamel’ ingredient restores enamel, is more effective than fluoride

Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, May 30, 2023 – An “artificial enamel” ingredient in toothpaste has been shown to help restore enamel in teeth, more effectively relieving sensitivity than fluoride while fighting cavities, according to an internationally published study led by a UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry professor and researcher. The […]

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FDA green-lights bionic pancreas studied at UT Health Science Center, University Health

Artificial intelligence insulin delivery and glucose monitoring system cleared for age 6 and older Contact: Will Sansom, UT Health Science Center, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu University Health communications, 210-358-2335 SAN ANTONIO (May 25, 2023) — While it won’t cure children of type 1 diabetes, the “bionic pancreas,” an artificial intelligence-powered system cleared Friday, May 19, by the […]

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Statement by the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases about the study drug donanemab

Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (May 22, 2023) — Alicia S. Parker, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is assistant professor of cognitive and behavioral neurology and clinic director for the health science center’s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases. The Biggs Institute, in […]

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