Rivard Report: Health equity: racism’s impact on public health

February 17, 2017

To honor the memory of pioneering Eastside physician Dr. Frank Bryant during Black History Month, UT Health San Antonio will host the 2017 Frank Bryant Jr., M.D., Memorial Lecture in Medical Ethics on Feb. 21 from 12-1 p.m. at the Holly Auditorium. Read the story






PR WEB: One-Stop-Shop for Women’s Health

February 16, 2017

One of Austin’s top rated doctors, Christopher Seeker, MD, announced today the opening of a state-of-the-art medical aesthetics practice. Read the full story at PR WEB


Yahoo Finance: Prolacta Bioscience(R) Initiates Clinical Trial

February 16, 2017

Prolacta Bioscience®, the pioneer in human milk-based neonatal nutritional products, announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in a clinical study to evaluate the effect of a specially fortified exclusive human milk diet (EHMD)1 to improve growth in infants who have undergone surgery for a serious heart defect known as single ventricle cardiac […]


Diabetes in Control: Effectiveness of A GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Plus A TZD for Type 2 Diabetes

February 16, 2017

The study was done to examine the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with the GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide plus the TZD pioglitazone versus basal-bolus insulin in poorly controlled type 2 diabetic patients with very high HbA1c (HbA1c>10%) on metformin plus sulfonylurea and long duration of disease. Read the full story at Diabetes in Control