diabetes

UT Health San Antonio has launched a new Center for Excellence in Diabetes to advance treatment and work toward a cure for a disease that impacts about one in six people in San Antonio. The center will bring together clinicians, researchers and trainees to better understand the wide range of symptoms and complications of diabetes that can vary from patient to patient.

The new Center for Excellence in Diabetes will focus on research, clinical trials and prevention for a disease affecting about one in six people in the San Antonio area.

Occupational therapy can help people with mental illness resume meaningful activities in their lives and create strategies that will improve their overall health. A San Antonio OT has developed a program she hopes will help people with a mental illness and type 2 diabetes achieve better control over their disease.

In Brownsville, the city and local hospital have helped residents lose more than 23,000 pounds since 2008.

A new study finds people who eat a small, daily serving of dark chocolate have a reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. People who ate milk chocolate did not have a lower risk. Here's why.

Diabetes specialists will perform tests, check blood sugar levels, and administer diabetes risk questionnaires at the UT Health Gateway.

The program will cover up to $100 for each insulin prescription, including refills, until allocated program funds are exhausted.

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Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center finds metformin might be NASA's answer to a drug that protects astronauts exposed to a lot of radiation in space.

Researcher Carolina Solis-Herrera was awarded a first-of-its kind award.