Well Child Clinic’s flexibility improves children’s care
December 4, 2008
Children receive immunizations, blood pressure and obesity checks, and many other assessments of overall health that reveal health concerns or issues.
Future doctors, nurses to model diet, exercise for middle-school children
June 18, 2008
Young teens from a San Antonio barrio will learn about fitness, eating right, and other healthy behaviors from future doctors and nurses this summer, thanks to a new class at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
MicroCT of skeleton can ID even the subtlest birth defects
April 29, 2008
A technique called microscopic X-ray computed tomography (microCT) is affording scientists the ability to visualize even the subtlest birth defects in prenatal and postnatal bats, mice, opossums and primates, which one day may lead to new understandings about human birth defects, said Charles Keller, M.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Don’t assume Mexican candy is free from lead
December 20, 2007
Candies are never as nutritious as fruits and vegetables, it’s true, but who would suspect that a confection originating from south of the border would contain the heavy metal lead?
Macy’s and Aflac ducks raise funds for Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute
December 13, 2007
For the seventh consecutive year, Aflac and participating Macy’s stores have teamed up to help holiday shoppers find the perfect stocking stuffer.
New resources developed at UT Health Science Center prompt dentists, physicians to work together to fight pediatric tooth decay epidemic
December 4, 2007
Children’s teeth are in more danger of tooth decay today than they were just 20 years ago, according to a report released this year by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Local experts say children in San Antonio are among the most vulnerable.