Turning a doctor’s office into a “medical home”
June 7, 2010
UT Health Science Center professor leads national research on new breed of primary care practice; findings published today in special edition of Annals of Family Medicine
Device retrieves clot, enables retired bus mechanic to beat stroke
June 3, 2010
Patricia Ozuna can tell you all about the night her husband, Lino, suffered a stroke. The couple lay in bed at 1:15 a.m. Oct. 2, 2009, when Patricia felt his body lean into hers. “I said, ‘Lino, you’re squashing me.’ It didn’t take me more than a minute to realize something was wrong. He was looking at me and talking, but I couldn’t understand him.”
A problem under the sun – Rise of skin cancer in Hispanics, blacks concerns dermatologists
May 28, 2010
People with fair skin, blue eyes and red hair are still at the highest risk for skin cancer, but doctors say the number of darker-skinned patients with skin lesions has risen dramatically, both under the hot Texas sun and nationally.
June 15 is the deadline for college students to apply for new summer health professions program
May 26, 2010
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is beginning a new program this summer for Laredo area college students who are interested in the health professions.
Report: San Antonio smoking ordinance wouldn’t snuff out restaurant/bar industry
May 25, 2010
If San Antonio ends up prohibiting smoking in indoor workplaces, its restaurants and bars are not likely to lose patrons to the few and geographically separated establishments outside the city limits that do allow smoking, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
UT Health Science Center San Antonio faculty member receives research grant
May 25, 2010
Study to evaluate mental health recovery and wellness program