MyRGV.com: Alzheimer’s continues to cripple Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. State leaders still aren’t doing enough.

August 20, 2025

Gladys Maestre, a neuroscience professor and director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center at UT Rio Grande Valley, traveled to Austin, Texas, to advocate for increased state funding for Alzheimer’s care and prevention, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, which faces disproportionately high rates of the disease. Texas, which ranks high nationally in Alzheimer’s prevalence […]

News4 (WOAI TV)/FoxSA (KABB TV): San Antonio experts highlight early intervention as key in Alzheimer’s awareness month

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 his expertise on the importance of early intervention to Alzheimer’s treatment. Watch the interview at News4 San Antonio.

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.  

Texas Public Radio: San Antonio researcher finds that cholesterol levels may predict Alzheimer’s risk

June 18, 2025

This article from Texas Public Radio, notes research from the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, a South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, suggests that cholesterol levels, particularly high LDL (“bad” cholesterol), may be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia. Sokratis Charisis, MD, analyzed data from […]