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May 21, 2010
In the wake of the city’s $15.6 million federal grant to fight childhood obesity, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro has named Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, a co-chair of his new Mayor’s Fitness Council, which will develop ways to spur improved community nutrition and activity.
May 21, 2010
The 47th Annual Teaching Conference: Pediatrics for the Practitioner, a conference designed to provide new information and skills for physicians, advanced practice nurses and other health care providers who treat children, will take place June 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio.
May 18, 2010
Parents and clinicians now have an effective non-medication treatment option for children with Tourette syndrome and related tic disorders, according to a study published in the May 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
May 12, 2010
Radiation treatment for cancer often involves brief daily sessions for weeks at a time, and until now, many South Texas cancer patients had to travel to San Antonio, the Texas-Mexico border or the Gulf Coast for radiation therapy.
May 6, 2010
Childhood obesity experts discuss how to tackle the problem within communities at the 2010 Pediatric Obesity Symposium.
May 6, 2010
In a field that has seen dramatic change in recent decades, Dental School remains a leader