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New Center for Brain Health pairs expert care with scientific discovery
July 21, 2025
Opening in December 2025, the Center for Brain Health at UT Health San Antonio is designed to make life easier and more hopeful for people living with brain conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke and ALS. This new center brings together doctors, therapists, counselors and support services — all in one place — so patients don’t […]
Texas Public Radio (KSTX): San Antonio researcher finds that cholesterol levels may predict Alzheimer’s risk
July 16, 2025
Sokratis Charisis, MD, a researcher at the Glenn Biggs Institute at UT Health San Antonio, studied data from the long-running Framingham Heart Study and confirmed that people with high levels of LDL (often called “bad” cholesterol) are not only at greater risk for heart disease — they’re also more likely to develop dementia. This discovery […]
Medical Xpress: High midlife stress hormone levels linked to Alzheimer’s risk in postmenopausal women
June 18, 2025
Arash Salardini, MD, associate professor of cognitive and behavioral neurology with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, shares insights into his research on the early detection of increased brain amyloid deposition in Alzheimer’s disease imaging biomarkers among menopausal women.
News4 (WOAI TV)/FoxSA (KABB TV): San Antonio experts highlight early intervention as key in Alzheimer’s awareness month
June 15, 2025
Arash Salardini, MD, associate professor of cognitive and behavioral neurology with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, shares his expertise on the importance of early intervention to Alzheimer’s treatment. Watch the interview at News4 San Antonio.
Nuns contribute 30 years of critical insight into dementia disorders, UT Health San Antonio study reveals
February 28, 2025
Catholic nuns don’t make a habit of participating in long-term studies on aging and dementia, but one notable exception has yielded critical insights into cognitive resilience, neuropathology and aging-related disorders. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) published a study analyzing more than 30 years of aging and […]
Long COVID and the brain: Global study links infection to memory loss, higher dementia risk in seniors
February 12, 2025
Five years after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are uncovering the long-term effects of the virus on the brain. Between 10% and 35% of people experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting from weeks to months. Common symptoms include fatigue, memory issues, lightheadedness, and loss of smell or taste. Research led by Gabriel A. […]
New research provides key insight into Alzheimer’s disease risk across populations
February 8, 2025
Researchers at UT Health San Antonio have identified a genetic factor that may contribute to the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, which affects about 7 million Americans and is expected to nearly double by 2050. Early detection and treatment can help preserve brain function and slow disease progression. The study, led by Liang Ma, PhD, […]
San Antonio Report: It took nearly 5 years to find Maria Llamas after she went missing. Did it need to?
January 28, 2025
Neela K. Patel, MD, professor and chief of geriatrics and supportive care in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, and outreach recruitment and engagement director at the university’s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, tells the San Antonio Report that it’s easy for elderly Alzheimer’s patients to […]
UT Health San Antonio leads bioinformatics program for African scientists studying neurodegenerative diseases
January 23, 2025
A collaboration between UT Health San Antonio and African biomedical leaders, called the The AI-BOND program, aims to address the growing need for bioinformatics education in Africa to tackle the increasing cases of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The program provides African researchers with essential skills in gathering, analyzing, and interpreting biological data for neurodegenerative disease […]
Texas Public Radio: Diagnosing CTE before death
December 4, 2024
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a rare neurodegenerative disease that develops in people who have many years of hits to the head. We often hear about CTE in former football players, but it can also occur in rodeo riders, soldiers, or someone who has experienced years of intimate partner violence. According to Jeremy Tanner, MD, assistant […]