Telehealth consultations with pediatric infectious disease specialists reduced the number of newborns receiving antibiotics by 32% in eight nurseries that serve rural and medically underserved areas of South Texas.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Headache, developed specifically for post-traumatic headache, can significantly reduce related disability following a traumatic brain injury. The therapy has the potential to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of service members and veterans.
Black women die of breast cancer at rates nearly 40% higher than white women, despite having lower instances of the disease, due to racial disparities in care, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article co-authored by a UT Health San Antonio surgical oncologist.
As the largest research university in South Texas, UT Health San Antonio is making a concerted effort to share the reach of its annual research portfolio of $350 million invested in critical areas like Alzheimer’s disease treatments.
More than 30 UT Health San Antonio physicians have been selected as Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars for 2022 by Texas Monthly magazine based on factors including professional achievement.
In this KENS 5 Medical Minute, Silvia Botros-Brey, MD, shares information about urinary incontinence, the available treatments and why women no longer have to live with bladder leaks.
Keeping you informed about the latest in research, patient care and academics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also called UT Health San Antonio.