Atrium at Children’s Cancer Research Institute named for Loefflers

October 8, 2004

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio honored former U.S. Rep. and University of Texas System Regent Tom Loeffler and his wife, Nancy, on Oct. 8 with the naming of the Loeffler Atrium at the Health Science Center’s new Children’s Cancer Research Institute.

School-based diabetes program stems normal childhood rise in blood sugar

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.

Titanium rib becomes 1st new FDA-approved spine deformity treatment in 40 years

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 […]

Health Science Center welcomes noted husband-wife surgeons

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.