Putting plans in place will greatly help your future caregivers
March 20, 2006
We should plan for being old, so that when the time comes, the stress our children or other caregivers feel can be greatly reduced.
April 3-6 programs examine mental health consequences of Katrina, other disasters
March 14, 2006
“Mental Health Consequences of Recent Disasters: From Oklahoma City to Katrina,” a conference and workshop, will be offered to area health professionals April 3-6 at the Health Science Center.
A colorectal screening is ‘an investment in your health,’ surgeon says
March 14, 2006
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and physicians like Morton Kahlenberg, M.D., of the Health Science Center, are spreading the word: If you are over 50 (or younger if you have certain risk factors), make a deposit in the bank account of your health by getting screened.
Mood disorders researcher Soares named to NIH center’s panel
March 7, 2006
The National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review appointed Jair C. Soares, M.D., of the Health Science Center, to the Neural Basis of Psychopathology, Addictions and Sleep Disorders Study Section.
Gift to establish professorship in public health preparedness
March 7, 2006
A $100,000 donation from a Texas educator will lead to establishment of the A. David Mangelsdorff, Ph.D., Professorship in Public Health Preparedness and Biomedical Research at the Health Science Center.
President Cigarroa receives UNAM’s highest medical award
February 28, 2006
The nation’s only practicing surgeon/university president, Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., traveled to Mexico City Feb. 20 to receive an honorary award from the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere.