‘Out of the 4.0 box thinking’ benefited South Texas patient

May 27, 2004

Like many Americans, Edgar Smith loathes the words “prostate cancer.”

Study finds 15 percent of men with ‘normal’ PSA had prostate cancer

May 27, 2004

Some men who have received good marks on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test from their physicians may be getting a false sense of confidence about not having prostate cancer, according to a study released May 27 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Free prostate cancer clinic to be offered April 24

April 21, 2004

The numbers don’t lie – one in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Viagra® race car in S.A. Nov. 22 to help promote sexual health awareness to physicians

November 20, 2003

Sexual dysfunction and related problems are among some of the most common health problems in the country. Physicians and other health care providers will gather at the UTHSC to learn more about sexual disorders in men and women.

President Cigarroa named 2003 Trendsetter by Hispanic magazine

October 27, 2003

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), is featured as a 2003 Trendsetter in the November issue of Hispanic magazine.

Nanotechnology promises brave new era of vascular interventions

October 24, 2003

Isaac Asimov’s “Fantastic Voyage” of the 1960s envisioned a day of surgical miniaturization when a submarine would cruise inside the body making repairs as needed.