Diabetes, chest pain among issues studied by Kleberg Scholars

February 28, 2006

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of the Health Science Center, honored representatives of the Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation at a reception/dinner Feb. 27 in McAllen, where he also saluted the outstanding resident physicians at the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) who are the 2005-2006 Kleberg Medical Scholars.





Type 2 diabetes may begin with Grandma’s diet, research suggests

May 10, 2005

An innovative study published in the latest online edition of the Journal of Physiology provides the first evidence that the insulin resistance typical of type 2 diabetes can be “programmed” across two generations by poor nutrition during a grandmother’s pregnancy and lactation.