This content is from UT Health San Antonio’s book, “Advancing Cancer Research for Latinos and All Populations: 2026 Conference Proceedings,” which highlights results of the same-named conference in February 2026.
Therapeutic Yoga Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Perceived Stress in Women with Breast Cancer: 6-Month Intervention in South Texas Communities
Dr. Gustavo J. Almeida at UT Health San Antonio Yoga for breast cancer survivors Dr. Almeida began the presentation by highlighting the persistent physical, emotional, and psychosocial challenges faced by breast cancer patients. In South Texas, access to supportive, holistic survivorship services is limited, and many women lack resources to manage long-term symptoms and stress. Quality-of-life impairments can ...
This content is from UT Health San Antonio’s book, “Advancing Cancer Research for Latinos and All Populations: 2026 Conference Proceedings,” which highlights results of the same-named conference in February 2026.
Bridging International and National Latino Research to Serve its Populations
Dr. Mariana Chávez Mac Gregor is Chair ad interim and Professor in the Health Services Research Department and in the Breast Medical Oncology Department at University of Texas MD Anderson, as well as Executive Officer for International Affairs at the SWOG Research Network. Latin American and US Latino populations Dr. Chávez Mac Gregor began the presentation by describing the need to bridge cancer research in the United States and Latin America. According to Global Cancer Statistics, ...
Only 30% of Latino adults have earned an associate degree or higher, compared to about 50% of all adults, according to a new data from Excelencia in Education. “Enrollment gains have not translated into closing gaps in degree attainment — a persistent gap documented,” according to Excelencia in Education. Let’s dive deeper into degree attainment and why it matters for Latinos and all people.
Latino Degree Attainment by the Numbers
There’s some good news in Latino degree attainment. Latino attainment of an associate degree or higher increased by 8 percentage points and bachelor’s degree attainment increased by 6 percentage points, according to the new data. Despite this progress, Latinos have the lowest levels of ...
Less than half of the 2.25 million adults in the US who live with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) were part of government programs that helped people receive assistance, such as Medicaid and Medicare. To ensure healthcare providers can connect people to much-needed services, UT Health San Antonio’s live webinar, “From Healthcare to Policy—Exploring Medicaid and Medicare Access for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD),” on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, focused on ways to connect healthcare providers with much-needed resources to keep adults with disabilities on their insurance. Webinar host Dr. Amelie Ramirez, leader of Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio, was joined by experts ...
Are you up for a challenge? If you’re a translational science student or community member working on research in San Antonio, you are invited to the 2026 Virtual T1-T4 in 3 (Minutes) Challenge. The challenge — hosted by the Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) and the Office of Research Education & Mentoring, and Community Engagement at UT Health San Antonio — invites presenters to share their research in 3 minutes and 1 slide to a live audience of community members, students, and faculty. This free online event is from 9-10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Challenge participants can be students/trainees in any translational science program at UT Health San Antonio. Community members who are part of a community-academic partnership who have ...
Latinos account for 1 in 5 people in the United States. Among this group, most Latinos say their heritage is an important part of their identity, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center. In fact, 61% of Latinos said that “being Hispanic is an extremely or very important part of how they think about themselves,” according to a survey of 4,923 U.S. Latino adults in English and Spanish from October 2025. Even with this identity, Latinos are divided over whether it helps or hurts them. So, let’s dive deeper into the new survey and what it means for Latinos in the United States.
Latino Identity: Labels and Names
Among U.S. Latinos, 18% most often describe themselves as “American.” The remaining Latinos more often use a label that reflects their ...
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Such and such causes cancer,” more than a handful of times in your life. Some of these claims are true. Others are myths. False claims of using products or engaging in alleged cancer-causing behaviors can be detrimental for your health and contribute to the spread of incorrect information. But how do you know if a claim is true? Public health leaders created a helpful database, called Cancer FactFinder, that can help you determine if something is truly linked to cancer or if it’s simply a myth. Let’s go over the tool, how to use it, and its many applications.
Cancer FactFinder
Cancer FactFinder is a free, evidence-based database to address the spread of incorrect information about ...
Amid a sweltering summer heat wave, communities in the U.S. East Coast are struggling to handle the stress on energy demand in homes built to heat rather than cool. In fact, many households across the county experience a lack of air conditioning reliability. This often-overlooked non-medical driver of health impacts overlooked populations, lower income individuals, those who live in rural areas, and families that live in densely populated urban areas that lack shade or in older buildings with no central air. Let’s explore how air conditioning reliability (or unreliability) can affect the health of you and your familia—and how local communities can address this inconsistency.
State of Air Conditioning Reliability
Over 35 million Americans live ...
1 in 6 Latinos in the U.S. live with a physical, sensory, intellectual, or mental disability that impacts how they navigate life and health, according to the Cisneros Institute. Tailored healthcare resources can help. This includes treatment for alcohol use disorder that addresses the unique needs of people with disabilities – who are diagnosed with alcohol use disorders at more than three times the rate of adults without disabilities, according to a new study by Boston University. Let’s dig deeper into this research and why it matters for overall health. Alcohol Use Disorders among People with Disabilities Alcohol use disorder is “a medical condition characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health ...
