$2.1 million from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports Salud America! Obesity is deadly and growing in the United States. Heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and cancer are just some of the diseases linked to obesity. By 2030 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts that 42 percent of Americans will be […]
Looking forward to a bright and healthy future With a brand-new year soon to be upon us, we can look back with pride at the many accomplishments of our UT Health Science Center. Our new 190,000-square-foot South Texas Research Facility has been successfully operating for more than a year; we have recruited many new, outstanding […]
Leaders of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio broke ground Oct. 26 on the Center for Oral Health Care & Research. The $95 million Dental School facility to be located on Floyd Curl Drive in the South Texas Medical Center will serve as a modern venue for oral health care, education, […]
The 21st annual San Antonio Express-News Book & Author Luncheon held in October 2012 in San Antonio was attended by more than 1,000 and raised more than $269,000 in net proceeds to support the Phase I Clinical Research Program at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center. Over its […]
More than 300 turned out this past fall for the 19th annual Vulcan Funshoot which, this year, raised more than $112,000 in net proceeds for the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the UT Health Science Center. The sporting clay fundraiser has been a labor of love since 1994 for the employees and leaders […]
Gifts through estate planning benefit generations to come “The road to becoming a physician would be infinitely more difficult for students like myself if it were not for generous people who go out of their way to help others. Generosity is infectious. It has been passed on to me and in the future will surely […]
Ed Rapier, 79, loves to shoot hoops, golf and exercise regularly. In February this year, while hiking down a mountain trail in Manzanillo, Mexico, Rapier tore a muscle in his left knee. He was treated by Matthew Murray, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon with UT Health Physicians, the clinical practice of the Health Science Center’s School […]
Priscilla Lane, 86, always prided herself on caring for others. She’d raised 10 children and worked in education for 25 years. After surviving breast cancer in 1999, a fall that fractured her left hip in 2009, and the loss of her husband of 66 years in 2010, Lane came home from the nursing home frail, […]
Strong seniors, healthy futures for people of all ages While I assist at the helm as president ad interim of our UT Health Science Center, my thoughts and prayers are with Bill Henrich and his family during this time of his medical leave. We all wish him the best of health and look forward to […]
Hospitals save lives – no doubt about it. But for the elderly, they are full of hazards. Fluorescent lights and round-the-clock activity make it difficult to sleep, which can cause delirium in elders. Shiny hospital floors contribute to falls, while staying in bed can lead to pressure ulcers. The elderly are susceptible to infections and […]