UT Teen Health earns prestigious Level 1 Trauma-Informed Care certification from The Ecumenical Center

Teen trauma counseling seen as critical to overall well-being UT Health San Antonio contact: Steven Lee, (210) 450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu The Ecumenical Center contact: Leslie Komet Ausburn, (210) 326-8992, leslie@kometcommunications.com SAN ANTONIO, March 28, 2023 – Teens grappling with trauma from sexual abuse, family violence, pregnancy, incarceration, food and shelter insecurity, or parental divorce or death […]

Long School of Medicine seniors match to residencies on Match Day

One-fourth of Class of 2023 will remain in Bexar County and 55% will remain in Texas. Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 20, 2023) — Nearly 200 senior students of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine learned where they will do their medical residencies during the annual Match Day […]

Be Well Texas receives state grant to support substance use disorder recovery houses for emerging adults

Boosting access to more than 40 houses, 440 beds statewide Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, March 21, 2023 – Young adults in Texas with a substance use disorder often face housing insecurity, marked by unstable or inadequate living arrangements without support for long-term recovery from addiction. Be Well Texas, a program of UT […]

Novel drug makes mice slim even on sugary, fatty diet

Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria. Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 21, 2023) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a […]

Study results show immunotherapy before and after surgery for advanced melanoma lowers recurrence risk

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 […]

UT Health San Antonio kicks off inaugural XFL season as San Antonio Brahmas’ exclusive sports medicine partner

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 […]

Public invited to free event March 8 for latest updates on dementia research, therapies

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 […]

ACS grant to launch $4.1 million Latino Cancer Health Equity Research Center

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 […]

UT Health San Antonio scientists tie obesity to Alzheimer’s-related genes

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 […]

UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing and Amerigroup team up to offer rural health visits

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 […]

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