Health
Spanish texting program to help young adults quit smoking
April 26, 2017
UT Health San Antonio researchers are launching a Spanish version of Quitxt, a free service that sends text messages with culturally tailored support to help young adults in South Texas quit smoking.
Support group created for women with gynecologic cancers
March 24, 2017
UT Health San Antonio is initiating a monthly group for women with gynecologic cancers.
UT Health launches massive Patient & Family Health Library
March 23, 2017
UT Health San Antonio has launched an online tool that contains a huge amount of high-quality, comprehensive information on health, wellness, diseases and other medical information. The new Patient & Family Health Library contains sections on wellness and prevention, conditions and diseases, a symptom checker, information on various procedures and tests, natural and alternative treatments, […]
News 4: Fake weed getting harder to track
March 22, 2017
Dr. Shawn Varney, from emergency medicine and the South Texas Poison Center, is quoted in the story below about synthetic marijuana. Read the story
KENS 5: ‘Quitxt’ app by UT Health helps South Texas youth quit smoking
March 22, 2017
Young smokers in South Texas are the target for an app developed at UT Health San Antonio. Watch the full story at KENS 5
Military Health Institute launches new website
March 3, 2017
The Military Health Institute (MHI), established at UT Health San Antonio in 2014 and led by Byron Hepburn, M.D., Major General USAF (Ret), has launched a new website to communicate its mission to internal and external audiences.