<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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<p>Study will evaluate senolytics — drugs that clear defective ‘zombie’ cells Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 30, 2023) — A clinical trial conducted at UT Health San Antonio aims to “stomp” out Alzheimer’s disease. Clearing old, damaged “zombie” cells from the brain may be one way to do it. The study, called […]</p>
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<p>Promoting improved patient care, community learning, social impact Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 30, 2023 – The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry has entered into partnership with the Straumann Group, a world leader in implant components and digital equipment and services, to establish a patient treatment center housing a comprehensive […]</p>
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<p>Thursday, January 26, 2023: Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, representing His Majesty the King Rama X Vajiralongkorn, presents the Prince Mahidol Award for 2022 in the field of medicine to Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, of UT Health San Antonio and University Health. The presentation took place at the Chakri Throne Hall […]</p>
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