Headline News: Low-cal diet’s effects seen in fly brain, mouthpart   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
A novel technique for measuring tiny, rapid-fire secretions in the brains and mouthparts of fruit flies is providing insights into the beneficial effects of eating less — information that ultimately could help people suffering from neuromuscular disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and myasthenia gravis. .....more»

Headline News: Dr. Pavlin’s daughter is swimming in the Olympics   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
Keep your eye on the Olympic swimming competition July 30 and Aug. 2. That’s when Kim Pavlin, daughter of UT Health Science Center San Antonio orthodontist Dubravko Pavlin, D.M.D., M.S.D., Ph.D., and his wife Sanja, will represent her parent’s home country, Croatia......more»

Headline News: Respiratory care department receives national award   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
The Department of Respiratory Care at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio was recognized July 13 among the top 8 percent of respiratory care programs in the U.S. Department Chair Donna “De De” Gardner, M.S.H.P., RRT, FAARC, accepted the 2011 Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care......more»

Headline News: Journalist T.R. Reid to discuss quest for better health care   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
T.R. Reid, noted health care expert, NPR and PBS correspondent, and author of <i>New York Times</i> best seller “The Healing of America,” will speak at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio on the topic “A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care.” The presentation will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 30......more»

Headline News: $560,000 in collaborative grants to improve patient care   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
Improving the quality of patient care by streamlining complicated scheduling processes in clinics and hospitals is the goal of two grants totaling $560,000 awarded recently to Luci Leykum, M.D., M.B.A., M.Sc., of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, and a number of her colleagues. The grants will fund collaboration between faculty members who practice at UT Medicine San Antonio, clinical partners and faculty from UT Austin. .....more»

Headline News: Study: Air in expectant moms’ homes contains pesticides   
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2012
Air samples from homes of Hispanic mothers-to-be along the Texas-Mexico border contained multiple pesticides in a majority of the houses, according to a study conducted by the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.<p> Lead author of the study was Beatriz Tapia, M.D., M.P.H., lecturer at the UT Health Science Center’s Regional Academic Health Center campus in Harlingen. .....more»

Headline News: Eight receive $200,000 in teaching awards; Medellin honored   
Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012
The University of Texas System Board of Regents honored eight faculty of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio July 11 with the Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. Each winner received $25,000 in the highly competitive awards program. In addition, Glen Medellin, M.D., FAAP, of the School of Medicine, was inducted into the UT Academy of Health Science Education. .....more»

Headline News: Protein regulation outside cancer cells may lead to new drug   
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can send signals to the cancer cells to permanently stop proliferating. The findings from the study conducted at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio could eventually lead to new therapies, according to lead author Yuzuru Shiio, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the university’s Cancer Therapy & Research Center. .....more»

Headline News: Doctors overlook chemical illnesses, study finds   
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Chemical intolerance — a high sensitivity to common substances such as cleaning products, tobacco smoke and fragrances — contributes to illnesses of 1 in 5 patients, but the condition seldom figures in their diagnosis. Clinical research directed by David Katerndahl, M.D., M.A., notes that clinical tools are available to identify chemical intolerance so that it can be treated more effectively......more»

Headline News: Hormone curbs depression-like symptoms in stressed mice   
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, according to researchers from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. The findings may lead to an innovative therapeutic approach to fight depression, especially for patients who have prediabetes or diabetes, according to Xin-Yun Lu, Ph.D., senior author of the study (pictured). .....more»