The University of Texas at San Antonio
Around 17% of service members who deploy to combat zones come home with PTSD — and for many, the road to recovery is long, difficult, and often out of reach. A new study hopes to change that by pairing a single dose of MDMA — known colloquially as ecstasy — with intensive therapy, potentially compressing recovery into just two weeks.
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The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it. -
A new study suggests constant oversleeping or even getting too little sleep can impact your overall health. A North Texas physician explains. -
Rapamycin may be able to help older adults live longer, healthier lives. Studies of mice suggest the drug may even reverse hardening of the arteries. Researchers at UT Health San Antonio have launched a clinical trial to see if the drug can restore the biological activity of older adults to levels more typical of younger people, and, if so, how much does it take to do it? -
A new CDC report on the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak reveals that 90% of those hospitalized in the first two months were children, and four of the five hospitalized adults were pregnant. -
A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer. -
Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., Ph.D., is an endodontist, the branch of dentistry that deals with the innermost part of the tooth called pulp, a connective tissue that has immunological, reparative functions.
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A North Texas physician explains specific chemicals in the egg yolk that can help protect the brain. -
Imagine one day your child bites down on something and the enamel on one of their teeth starts to crumble. That can happen in a condition called molar incisor hypomineralization — otherwise known as chalky teeth.
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UT San Antonio's School of Public Health has been renamed following a $30 million donation from the Kate Marmion Charitable Foundation. The gift will help fund infrastructure and research aimed at improving healthcare access in underserved communities across South Texas. -
The southwest has lived with hantavirus for decades, but always the kind you catch from a rodent, never from another person. Now, a human-transmissible strain has potentially reached U.S. soil. Bonnie Petrie and infectious diseases expert Dr. Maximo Brito break down what that means.
