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January 11, 2016
As the military draws down the size of its medical corps as, fortunately, fewer casualties are arriving at military hospitals from Iraq and Afghanistan, San Antonio is hoping that the highly skilled physicians, nurses, and medical technologists who have done so much to save the lives of wounded warriors will choose to remain in San […]
January 11, 2016
Thanks to planned construction of education facilities and other public and private projects, San Antonio commercial contractors can share in state and national optimism for a busy 2016, local and national industry leaders said Wednesday. Read full story in the San Antonio Express-News
January 11, 2016
What should a physician do if patients are unable to visit a physician because their workplace doesn’t give them sick days? What about an obese individual who has trouble following healthy eating recommendations because their neighborhood doesn’t have a grocery store? Read the full story at The Conversation
January 5, 2016
A federal study out this morning shows that after spiking for the past decade, rates of childhood asthma are leveling off or even declining, News Radio 1200 WOAI’s Michael Board reports. The study by the National Center for Health Statistics say the rate of children with asthma peaked in 2009 at 9.7%, but since then […]
January 4, 2016
Are you overwhelmed by the holidays? Are you stressed, and drinking and eating more than you normally do? They are signs of what doctors call “Holiday Heart Syndrome.” The syndrome can happen to anyone, even if they have a healthy heart. It’s triggered by stress and alcohol, and makes your heart beat three to four […]
January 4, 2016
According to findings published in Cell Stem Cell, the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in type 1 diabetes has been discovered. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio compared intestinal tissues from diabetic patients and healthy individuals to determine the cause of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms such as gastroparesis, irritable bowel syndrome […]
