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January 20, 2016
In Bexar County, about 10,000 women gave birth in 2014 with no prenatal care or late care, defined as coming in the second or third trimester. That was nearly four out of every 10 babies born that year alone. What can be done? Read the full story at Express-News
January 20, 2016
On Wednesday morning, the Bexar Healthy Beverage Coalition launched a campaign to educate the public about health issues linked to sugar-packed drinks and healthy alternatives. The coalition met at the Bexar County Courthouse to reveal data linking sugary beverages to an increase in diabetes, heart disease and obesity rates in the area last year. Read […]
January 19, 2016
The family of 16-year-old David Molak is mourning his death, and thousands of others in the Alamo Heights Independent School District and community are mourning with them, many of whom turned out for Friday morning’s funeral service. Family members blame David’s death, ruled by authorities as a suicide, on Alamo Heights High School cyberbullies who they said […]
January 19, 2016
Certain groups of women are less likely to get early prenatal care: Poor, black, Hispanic, unmarried, lacking a high-school diploma and teens. A major factor is whether the pregnancy is unplanned. And the patchwork nature of health coverage in the United States means coverage can be a major hurdle for the uninsured. Read the full […]
January 18, 2016
Men with Type 2 diabetes who received acipimox as an add-on to 3 weeks of Farxiga therapy saw improved beta-cell function and beta-cell sensitivity to glucose beyond Farxiga alone; however, the addition of the lipolysis inhibitor did not cause further improvement in insulin sensitivity, according to research in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. […]
January 18, 2016
A common complaint about modern kids is that they spend too much time indoors watching television or racking up points on the latest video game-all while noshing on a bag of chips or some other unhealthy junk food. The commonsense alternative to all this screen time, healthy advocates say is to send youngsters outside where […]
