New Web site eases end-of-life planning for Texans

June 4, 2009

Less than a quarter of U.S. adults have spelled out end-of-life wishes in an advance directive or legally appointed someone to make health care decisions if they are unable to do it themselves.



To bypass or stent, that is the question

May 28, 2009

Whether a patient should have coronary-artery bypass surgery or stents depends on many factors and, in the majority of cases, should not be decided until a team of medical professionals has weighed in on the patient’s data.



Mayes named president and CEO of UT Medicine San Antonio

May 18, 2009

Thomas C. Mayes, M.D., M.B.A., chairman of pediatrics at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, is the new president and chief executive officer of UT Medicine San Antonio, the multispecialty practice group composed of Health Science Center School of Medicine faculty physicians.