South Texas Health and Education Summit to be held Oct. 10 in San Antonio
October 11, 2011
Summit to focus on increasing awareness and understanding of critical health issues in South Texas
CPRIT gives Health Science Center researcher cancer prevention grant to partner with YMCA
July 28, 2011
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) on Wednesday awarded $265,000 to a researcher from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio who is working with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio to encourage healthy living and cancer prevention.
In Muevete USA, student nurses combat childhood obesity
July 27, 2011
In two primarily Hispanic neighborhoods, Rosalinda Barrientos and other students from the UT Health Science Center School of Nursing asked children the question, “What does ‘healthy’ mean to you?”
Nursing students to teach children about nutrition on grocery store field trip
July 25, 2011
Nursing students from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio will help teach children from San Antonio’s West Side about good nutrition and healthy eating practices on a field trip to their neighborhood grocery store.
Quit smoking – with your doctor’s help
April 12, 2011
K. Ashok Kumar, M.D., a family doctor with UT Medicine San Antonio, will describe the risks of smoking and the benefits of quitting in “UT Medicine Presents: Ready to live smoke-free?”
Researchers help Girl Scouts find new ways to be physically active
March 9, 2011
For girls growing up on the city’s West Side, exercise may not be as simple as a walk in the park.