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Dr. Jenny Wellness & Weight Management Program Launches in San Antonio

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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Recognizing the importance of providing treatment for adolescents, teens and adults that is individualized, scientific and compassionate, Dr. Jennifer Seger today announced she has rebranded her practice as the Dr. Jenny Wellness & Weight Management Program .

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  • Recognizing the importance of providing treatment for adolescents, teens and adults that is individualized, scientific and compassionate, Dr. Jennifer Seger today announced she has rebranded her practice as the Dr. Jenny Wellness & Weight Management Program .
  • “My goal is to guide my patients in San Antonio toward their best possible quality of life through a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to wellness.
  • Dr. Jenny’s comprehensive program begins with a 90-minute educational seminar, then a 60-minute consultation with Dr. Jenny.
  • Since 2009, Dr. Jenny has led the comprehensive Medical-Surgical Weight Management Program at BMI of Texas where she provides medical weight loss in addition to aftercare for patients who have had bariatric surgery.

UT Health Science Center San Antonio recognized as Parkinson's Foundation Comprehensive Care Center

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been designated a Parkinson's Foundation Comprehensive Care Center, the first of its kind in the state of Texas.

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  • Advanced multidisciplinary care for Parkinson's disease is available at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, which this summer was named a Parkinson's Foundation Comprehensive Care Center.
  • SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been designated a Parkinson's Foundation Comprehensive Care Center, the first of its kind in the state of Texas.
  • The UT Health San Antonio Movement Disorders Center is also recognized as a Huntington's Disease Center of Excellence and provides comprehensive care for patients with Huntington's disease.
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), a primary driver for San Antonio's $44.1 billion health care and biosciences sector, is the largest academic research institution in South Texas with an annual research portfolio of more than $360 million.

FDA green-lights bionic pancreas studied at UT Health Science Center San Antonio, University Health

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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SAN ANTONIO, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- While it won't cure children of type 1 diabetes, the "bionic pancreas," an artificial intelligence-powered system cleared May 19 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will relieve youth and their parents of constant worries over estimating insulin doses and carb intake from food.

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  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, with its clinical partner, University Health, is one of a few U.S. sites to offer children the "bionic pancreas," an artificial intelligence-powered system cleared Friday, May 19, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  • The bionic pancreas should relieve youth and their parents of constant worries over estimating insulin doses and carb intake from food.
  • It is AI for insulin delivery," said Jane Lynch, MD , professor of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
  • The FDA reviewed the bionic pancreas and associated AI software through the 510(k) premarket clearance pathway.

An old drug represents a new hope for treating the toughest cancers

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio — South Texas' only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center — is putting a decades-old antidepressant drug to new use treating breast cancers that don't respond to existing therapies.

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  • The discovery led to a clinical trial that benefited 15 breast cancer patients at the Mays Cancer Center.
  • Imipramine, the antidepressant, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1959 for treatment of major depressive disorder.
  • The Vadlamudi laboratory is a training ground for tomorrow's scientists — postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and younger scholars.
  • The drug also interferes with DNA repair, limiting the survival of triple-negative breast cancers.

In the race to solve Alzheimer's disease, scientists find more needles in the haystack

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Friday, April 22, 2022
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 21 million. That's the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people to Alzheimer's disease.

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  • That's the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people to Alzheimer's disease.
  • It's a huge haystack, and Alzheimer's-related genetic variations, like needles, are miniscule in comparison.
  • Dr. Seshadri is a founding principal investigator of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project, commonly called IGAP.
  • "We are part of this international team and are finding a lot of needles in this huge haystack of 21 million variants," Dr. Zare said.

EMS physicians from UT Health San Antonio helping with El Paso surge

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Saturday, October 31, 2020
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SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Two emergency medical services (EMS) physician specialists from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio are in El Paso to aid with the response to hospital overflow caused by the surge of COVID-19 infections there.

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  • SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Two emergency medical services (EMS) physician specialists from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio are in El Paso to aid with the response to hospital overflow caused by the surge of COVID-19 infections there.
  • Katherine Raczek, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Bryan Everitt, MD, EMS fellow, flew to El Paso on Oct. 29.
  • "One of the unique things about UT Health San Antonio is we have several fellowships in the Department of Emergency Medicine ," Dr. Raczek said.
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , also referred to as UT Health San Antonio, is one of the country's leading health sciences universities and is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education.