http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends a dramatic shift in the way doctors treat metastatic prostate cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-prostate-cancer-treatment-doctors.html Cancer Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:04:03 EST news284292130 By relying on hunches rather than posing a few screening questions, primary care clinicians may be missing three-fourths of the alcohol problems in their patients, a newly released analysis shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-clinicians-alcohol-problems.html Addiction Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:06:17 EST news279986726 If findings of a new study in mice are any indication, it might be possible to fine-tune cellular powerhouses called mitochondria, tweaking one aspect to increase insulin sensitivity, reduce body and fat mass, and even extend life. Exploiting this target could one day lead to novel treatments for type 2 diabetes—an endocrine system disease that affects 8 percent of the U.S. population. The research also points to promising new avenues of investigation in the biology of aging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-link-insulin-sensitivity-cells-powerhouses.html Medical research Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:04:30 EST news278676262 Patients who are started on antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection within four months of estimated infection date—and who have higher counts of CD4+ T-cells at the initiation of therapy—demonstrate a stronger recovery of CD4+ T-cell counts than patients in whom therapy is started later, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-antiretroviral-therapy-hiv-months-crucial.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:28 EST news277578011 Given that epilepsy impacts more than 2 million Americans, there is a pressing need for new therapies to prevent this disabling neurological disorder. New findings from the neuroscience laboratory of Mark S. Shapiro, Ph.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, published Dec. 20 in the high-impact scientific journal, Neuron, may provide hope. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-nerve-cell-seizures-gene-electrical.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:00:09 EST news275136604 Disease-free survival is short-lived for women with triple-negative breast cancer—a form of the disease that doesn't respond to hormone drugs and becomes resistant to chemotherapy. Thankfully, a promising line of study in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio suggests it is possible to fine-tune the properties of this fearsome cancer, making it more sensitive to treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-triple-negative-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:37:20 EST news268389432 RSV, a virus that causes respiratory infections in infants and young children, selectively kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-childhood-virus-rsv-adult-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:06:40 EST news266162787 A novel technique for measuring tiny, rapid-fire secretions in the brains and mouthparts of fruit flies (drosophila) is providing insights into the beneficial effects of eating less — information that ultimately could help people suffering from neuromuscular disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-low-calorie-diet-effects-brain-mouthpart.html Medical research Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:35:02 EST news261664494 Air samples from homes of Hispanic mothers-to-be along the Texas-Mexico border contained multiple pesticides in a majority of the houses, according to a study conducted by the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-air-moms-homes-pesticides-border.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:02:22 EST news261230531 Chemical intolerance contributes to the illnesses of 1 in 5 patients but the condition seldom figures in their diagnosis, according to clinical research directed by a UT Medicine San Antonio physician. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-doctors-overlook-chemical-illnesses.html Health Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:21:40 EST news261138041 A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, researchers from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio reported today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hormone-curbs-depressive-like-symptoms-stressed.html Medical research Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:00:32 EST news261064391 Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can send signals to the cancer cells to permanently stop proliferating, a new study showed in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-proteins-cancer-cells-potential-drug.html Cancer Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:00:08 EST news261064329 Cognitive skills such as learning and memory diminish with age in everyone, and the drop-off is steepest in Alzheimer's disease. Texas scientists seeking a way to prevent this decline reported exciting results this week with a drug that has Polynesian roots. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-easter-island-drug-cognition-life.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:04:57 EST news260201011 An international task force this week unveiled a revised definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a disease first recognized during the Vietnam War in casualties with limb injuries who had trouble breathing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-ards-definition-severity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 22 May 2012 12:56:07 EST news256910157 Behavioral support from peers and primary care office staff can help patients improve their blood pressure control by as much as starting a new drug, a new study found. Barbara J. Turner, M.D., M.S.Ed., M.A., M.A.C.P., of UT Medicine San Antonio, is the senior author. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-behavioral-peers-staff-lowers-patients.html Health Mon, 21 May 2012 14:30:12 EST news256829407