His research includes developing medications for drug and alcohol addiction and conducting neuroimaging studies to understand the biological and psychosocial causes of the disease. The last three decades have seen rapid expansion of self-help and advocacy groups for the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction. Great strides are being made in the area of alcohol treatment research. Alcoholics are not all the same. The hope for the future is that we give people the treatment that is best for them.
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First two sessions of Mini-Medical School focus on transplants, implants, gadgets and gizmos Today, more than 75,000 individuals in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Each day, these 75,000 hope a telephone call will bring news that a transplant organ has been located for them. Until then, they wait, wondering if they will beat the clock. For more than 30 years, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, in conjunction with the University Health System, has provided patients the gift of life through organ transplantation. From its first kidney transplant in 1968, the Organ Transplantation Program has grown to become a community, state and national leader in transplant surgery.