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September 17, 2004
A school-based program to instill healthy habits in low-income, Mexican-American children resulted in a dramatic drop in blood sugar levels of 1,200 fourth-graders, according to a randomized, controlled trial released Sept. 6 in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
September 14, 2004
San Antonio (Sept. 13, 2004) – The Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR), a device that has saved the lives of 300 infants and young children who otherwise would have died from lack of breath, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The inventor from The University of Texas Health Science […]
July 27, 2004
Minimally invasive neurosurgical craniofacial procedures are now available to children across South and Central Texas and nationwide, thanks to the arrival of David F. Jimenez, M.D., and his wife, Constance M. Barone, M.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
July 20, 2004
The Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio hosted the inaugural San Antonio Pediatric Cancer Colloquium on July 16 and 17.
February 8, 2004
Generally it’s a good thing to have a big heart, but in 9-year-old Bradley Price’s case, he literally had too big a heart.
January 12, 2004
Rajam Ramamurthy, M.D., professor of pediatrics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSC), was installed Jan. 9 as the first woman president of the 4,000-member Bexar County Medical Society, one of Texas’ oldest and largest medical societies. She said the top priority for her yearlong presidency of the 151-year-old society will be bringing organizations together to examine the issue of health care access, especially for children.