KENS 5: Kenyan boy who received life-saving heart surgery departs
November 4, 2016
A Kenyan boy who came to San Antonio to receive a life-saving heart procedure is returning home on Monday. Watch the full story at KENS 5
The Rivard Report: MD Anderson Receives $2 Million From IBC Bank
November 4, 2016
At the 50th anniversary gala held by IBC Bank in Laredo on Saturday, Nov. 5, executives announced that the bank’s End Cancer Campaign raised $2 million to benefit the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Read the full story at The Rivard Report
Spectrum: Stem cell transplant makes rats more social
November 4, 2016
Stem cells injected into young rats populate their brains with a type of neuron that dampens brain activity. Read the full story at Spectrum
U.S. News & World Report: Policy, Economics Show Med Students the Big Picture
November 4, 2016
Second-year medical student Jeffrey Roberson says listening to a panel of parents whose children have asthma talk about how the cost and convenience of treatment dictated their choices was an eye-opener for him. Read the full story at U.S. News & World Report
Texas Public Radio: Cancer Therapy And Research Center Gets $5.8 Million
November 4, 2016
The Cancer Therapy and Research Center has received $5.8 million in new funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Read the full story at Texas Public Radio
Express-News: San Antonio’s health sector generated $37 billion in sales last year
November 3, 2016
San Antonio’s health care and biosciences sector has more than doubled over the last decade and now accounts for one of the area’s largest industries with $37 billion in sales of products and services last year, according to new data from the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Read the full story at the Express-News