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Best Life: The way you walk can detect disease
February 24, 2022
By Ivanhoe Broadcast News UT Health San Antonio researchers are studying how your walk says a lot about your health, both current and future. One of the most important characteristics that we know changes with the early Alzheimer’s is the speed at which you walk. So, with age, speed decreases. But there could be an acceleration […]
In the quest for a TBI therapy, astrocytes may be the bull’s-eye
February 11, 2022
Growing evidence suggests that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. But to date, effective therapies aren’t available for preventing or treating TBI-induced disease. Scientists may be on to something, though. New studies from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), published […]
UT Health San Antonio, University Health perform region’s first surgery for Alzheimer’s disease
February 1, 2022
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and clinical partner University Health are among 27 sites worldwide (18 in the U.S., one in Canada and eight in Germany) evaluating the effectiveness of a technique called deep brain stimulation (DBS) in treating patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease. DBS is […]
Landmark national study resumes after COVID-enforced pause
January 24, 2022
After a 15-month-long COVID-19 stoppage, a landmark National Institutes of Health effort to detail the exact molecular mechanisms that explain exercise’s health and anti-aging benefits is again under way. The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) will collect blood, fat and muscle samples before, during and after exercise from around 2,600 volunteers spread across […]
Twenty-Four Seven: A Podcast About Caregiving by TPR
January 4, 2022
The Texas Public Radio podcast, “Twenty-Four Seven: A Podcast About Caregiving,” presents a thoughtful and helpful tool offering guidance to families and friends with loved ones experiencing dementia. In season one of the podcast, longtime NPR journalist Kitty Eisele explored her experience of becoming a parent to her parent as she became a full-time caregiver for […]
TPR: Latinos are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimer’s. South Texas researchers want to find out why.
December 28, 2021
Statistical data shows “clustering” of Alzheimer’s cases in specific communities — not spread out evenly like other diseases. To read the full article, visit Texas Public Radio.
Researchers develop a method to detect toxic brain cells; this could be a step toward a new Alzheimer’s treatment
December 10, 2021
Emerging evidence suggests it may be possible to treat Alzheimer’s disease by targeting therapy at senescent cells in the brain. Today (Dec. 10) in the journal Nature Aging, a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Wake Forest School of Medicine reported the first method, based on computational analysis, to […]
UT Health Science Center San Antonio among group tapped by NIH to map senescent ‘zombie’ cells in the body
October 20, 2021
Researchers nationwide, including a team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, are embarking on a massive effort to learn the locations and roles of senescent “zombie” cells in humans. The health science center is part of a multi-institution group selected by the National Institutes of Health and the NIH Common […]
‘Dementia Friendly City’ proclamation urges inclusion, support
October 4, 2021
With more than 390,000 Texans age 65 or older living with Alzheimer’s or other dementias, and expected to increase nearly 30% by 2025, there is a pressing need for inclusive communities that support families touched by the degenerative diseases. San Antonio was the third Texas city to earn the designation “Dementia Friendly City” by having […]
San Antonio Express News: Solving mysteries of the mind: UT Health San Antonio institute, brain bank earns national status
September 16, 2021
The San Antonio Express News covers what the new federal designation as a National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center brings to the Biggs Institute’s brain bank and the people of Texas as the state’s only designated center of excellence for dementia care and research. Read the article on ExpressNews.com.