Cancer
Putting the proverbial brakes on aging
May 18, 2004
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has received a $2.5 million grant for a National Institute on Aging (NIA) Intervention Testing Center, one of three such U.S. centers established by the NIA to test potential therapeutic interventions to slow the aging process.
New report ranks top cancer issues for Latinos
April 27, 2004
Inadequate access to cancer screening and care is the No. 1 cancer issue for the nation’s 38 million Hispanics/Latinos, according to a report recently issued by Redes En Acción: The National Hispanic/Latino Cancer Network.
Free prostate cancer clinic to be offered April 24
April 21, 2004
The numbers don’t lie – one in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Professor appointed to Texas Cancer Council
April 6, 2004
Lloyd Croft, D.D.S., clinical associate professor of periodontics, has been appointed as the first dentist to serve on the Texas Cancer Council (TCC).
Only 2 months left to enroll in STAR breast cancer prevention study
March 23, 2004
Most of us know someone, perhaps even a close loved one, who has had breast cancer.
Health Science Center School of Nursing students to Race for Cure
March 9, 2004
They listened to Eileen Lundin, who chronicled the challenges of life after breast cancer.