Media invited to learn about new communitywide HEAL Initiative
June 17, 2010
The Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) initiative is a collaboration of stakeholders from various organizations and agencies in Laredo.
Novel treatment shows promise in regenerating bone destroyed by multiple myeloma
June 16, 2010
An experimental treatment has regenerated bone destroyed by multiple myeloma, an incurable but treatable cancer of the bone marrow, in 11 of the first 34 patients enrolled in a clinical study at eight research centers around the country.
Sanga to lead tech transfer for UT branches in San Antonio, Valley
June 15, 2010
Arjun Sanga, J.D., has been named executive director of South Texas Technology Management, a regional technology transfer office that serves four University of Texas institutions (the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, UT San Antonio (UTSA), UT Brownsville and UT-Pan American).
Students to experiment with food chemistry during UT Health Science Center nutrition camp
June 14, 2010
The Regional Campus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is holding a Summer Nutrition Camp for Laredo-area high school students.
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.”