New bereavement outreach effort brings grief workshops to Valley

April 26, 2012

Workshops on grief, both for families and professionals who work closely with them, will be held in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in coming weeks as part of an outreach effort led by the Regional Academic Health Center, a campus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.


Refugee-assistance group honored at UT Health Science Center

April 18, 2012

A group of medical, dental, nursing and physician assistant students who volunteered more than 7,000 hours to assist immigrant refugees living in Northwest San Antonio will be honored Thursday evening at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.


Liver cancer in Hispanics linked to diabetes, obesity

April 18, 2012

Researchers in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center are mapping the relationship among these ailments in a paper published online today in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.



Personalized cancer treatment pros and cons

April 12, 2012

A free public lecture on what we’re learning about how cancer travels through the body, and the pros and cons of tailoring specific treatments for each patient, part of a series of presentations on cancer prevention and treatment sponsored by the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center


The promise and challenge of personalized cancer treatment

April 10, 2012

Leading researchers at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center will discuss what they’re learning about how cancer travels through the body, and the pros and cons of tailoring specific treatments for each patient, at Thursday’s free public lecture at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the UT Health Science Center.