- Health insurance benefits can be confusing, but a better understanding of your benefits can ultimately help you save time and money. Prior to setting up an appointment, here are four things you need to know to make the most of your insurance benefits. 1. Confirm that the provider is in your network
- June is World Infertility Awareness Month, highlighting infertility issues faced by people around the world each year. There is a misconception that infertility affects only a small part of the population, but as many as 48.5 million couples experience some form of infertility. UT Health San Antonio provides complete infertility treatment and care. What is infertility?
- UT Health San Antonio’s expert, board-certified reproductive endocrinologists are now helping patients become parents at UT Health Hill Country. We are the only fertility practice in the area with board-certified physicians who specialize in fertility care – and we remain one of the most cost-effective practices in town.
- In observation of Thanksgiving, we will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29. We will resume regular business hours on Monday, Dec. 2. Happy Thanksgiving from your health care team at UT Health Physicians!
- Hand sanitizer is an easy way to help keep your kids healthy by eliminating germs and bacteria on their hands. However, it has also been the culprit behind 14,000 phone calls to poison control centers across the nation. Kids don't always understand that hand sanitizer is not a toy and especially not food.
- Become the healthiest you! Our board-certified physicians are sharing up-to-date information and answering questions about today's most popular health topics. These quarterly seminars are free and all are welcome! Join us! We will host a seminar every quarter on the third Thursday of the month, each will focus on important health topics. Attendees will have the opportunity to win fun giveaway items at each seminar.
- San Antonio residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Richel Avery, MD, of UT Health Physicians for free monthly Walk with a Doc events throughout the year. Topics for each walk will focus on a provider led discussion featuring select health topics. All are welcome! Registration is not required.
- What is a headache? A headache is pain or discomfort in the head or face. Headaches vary greatly in terms of the location and intensity of the pain, and how often they occur. Almost all people have headaches during their life. The brain tissue doesn’t have pain-sensitive nerve fibers and doesn’t feel pain. But, other parts of the head can be responsible for a headache including:
- Every day we face stressful events. Most of these events are minor. But other events are clearly major sources of stress. These include things such as a separation or divorce, or trouble at home or work. You may need help from others, like your health care provider, to get a handle on a stressful situation. They can help you plan and implement changes to ease your stress. You also need to look at the resources available to help you understand and work through the problem.
- It started like any other weekday for a family with kids. On Feb. 11, Sandra Barnes woke up at 6:30 a.m. - about an hour before the early-morning rush to school. But when Barnes, 50, tried to get out of bed, she lost her balance and fell. “My husband assumed it was an episode of Vertigo,” she recalled recently. “Why don’t you climb back into bed, he said, and I’ll get the kids ready for school."
