1-800 number touted during National Poison Prevention Week
March 17, 2008
South Texas parents always have a number to call when their 3-year-old has sampled bleach or mistaken cold medicine for candy: 1-800-222-1222.
March 29 ‘Spring Fling’ dinner/dance to benefit Alzheimer’s research
March 13, 2008
A “Spring Fling” dinner and dance later this month will raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease research at the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
Anti-rejection nanotherapy shows promise in rodent lung transplant model
March 7, 2008
Just as some lung transplant patients celebrate the ability to breathe again, their immune systems begin to attack their new organ.
Rodent lung transplants enable testing of anti-rejection aerosol
March 5, 2008
Just as some lung transplant patients celebrate the ability to breathe again, their immune systems begin to attack their new organ.
More U.S. teeth susceptible to silent enamel-eating syndrome
March 5, 2008
Cavities or not, your teeth could be in more trouble than you know because of a silent and destructive phenomenon called dental erosion.
Trauma/burn specialist Pruitt to receive King Faisal Prize
March 5, 2008
Basil A. Pruitt Jr., M.D., FACS, FACM, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be honored March 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as the co-winner of the 2008 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine.