Glickman family creates chair in ophthalmology at Health Science Center
June 21, 2005
A new chair at the Health Science Center will support research of the eye and diseases that threaten sight, the university announced today.
New analysis suggests ‘diet soda paradox’ – less sugar, more weight
June 14, 2005
Diet soft drinks are certainly as popular as the sugar-laden versions nowadays, but are the people who are drinking them getting any thinner? It may be exactly the opposite.
S.A. partners offer lifesaving surgery to needy Yucatan children
June 7, 2005
Children have the faces of angels, whether they are laughing or in tears, sleeping or awake, clean or covered with food. Certainly there is nothing sadder in this world than seeing the face of an angel who is desperately ill.
HSC Sex Education Program spotlighted on billboards citywide
May 31, 2005
Six billboards, three in English and three in Spanish, will go up around San Antonio this week to let young people know that sex is worth the wait.
Thompson, San Antonio researchers among those honored at AUA Annual Meeting
May 24, 2005
The Health Science Center’s Department of Urology researchers were among those recognized with a CapCURE Award for their study of high-grade tumors found in men who participated in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT).
Dr. Masters recognized with an honorary degree from the oldest Czech Republic university
May 24, 2005
Scientific ambassador Bettie Sue Masters, Ph.D., the Robert A. Welch Foundation Distinguished Professor in Chemistry in the Health Science Center’s department of biochemistry, will be awarded an honorary doctorate in medical sciences from Charles University in Prague, the oldest and most prestigious Czech university founded in 1348, and one of the 12 oldest universities in the world.