Family is the No. 1 priority for Dr. Carlos Roberto Jaen. After his father passed away from heart disease when he was young, Jaen said he became interested in medicine as a way to help others.

People in Texas were stunned by the murder of 18-year-old Haruka Weiser in April as she was walking back to her dorm at the University of Texas at Austin. This is not an Austin problem. It could easily happen here. Bexar County faces its own crisis in caring for those with severe mental illness.

Women in the military who experience combat have a much greater risk than those who don’t of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health issues, a U.S. study suggests.