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January 25, 2016
The World Health Organization issued a new warning about the Zika virus Jan. 28, saying it’s now “spreading explosively” though the western hemisphere and putting millions at risk. Read the full story at KABB TV
January 25, 2016
A virus that’s impacting expecting moms is causing concern in the health care community. Dr. Patrick Ramsey at UT Medicine says the Zika virus is spread through insect bites and is showing up in people who have recently traveled outside the United States. Read the full story at KTSA Radio
January 19, 2016
Certain groups of women are less likely to get early prenatal care: Poor, black, Hispanic, unmarried, lacking a high-school diploma and teens. A major factor is whether the pregnancy is unplanned. And the patchwork nature of health coverage in the United States means coverage can be a major hurdle for the uninsured. Read the full […]
November 4, 2015
A new clinical report co-authored by Janet F. Williams, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine at the Health Science Center, identifies prenatal exposure to alcohol as the leading preventable cause of birth defects and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities in children.
January 31, 2014
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecological cancers, often difficult to detect and tough to cure in the later stages. It stimulates strong anti-cancer immunity in the body, and yet the body’s immune system is not able to eliminate the cancer because the cancer turns the immunity off.
December 15, 2011
UT Medicine San Antonio obstetrician among leaders of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network