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Take part in the Bexar County Well-Being Survey

Bexar County residents are encouraged to take part in the Bexar County Well-Being Survey to provide our community with good data.

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Community input needed for TAP trial study

The community is invited to join a virtual community forum discussing the Trauma And Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (TAP) Trial.

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Is social media addiction a real thing?

  When scrolling through endless updates from friends, family and celebrities, you may ask yourself, “Am I addicted to social media?” Click here to learn more about the unsettling reality of social media addiction in this article featured in the San Antonio Express-News’ San Antonio Life: Wellness section. The article is part of a wellness […]

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Wilderness and Survival Medicine Fellowship takes aim at heat-related emergencies

Recent hiking deaths spur focus of yearlong doctor training, teaching program A string of recent heat-related deaths on hiking trails at state and national parks is bringing new urgency to a fellowship program in the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio aimed at preventing such tragedies. The state’s first Wilderness and Survival […]

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UT Health Science Center San Antonio joins USAA and Face the Fight™ to reduce veteran suicide

Strategy behind Face the Fight seeks to create safe environments, strengthen care access, identify risks and provide support for veterans and their support networks The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also referred to as UT Health San Antonio) is providing experts trained in military and veteran mental health to help San […]

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Olvera to become psychiatry department chairman in the Long School of Medicine

  Rene L. Olvera, MD, MPH, will assume duties as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio effective Sept. 1. Robert A. Hromas, MD, FACP, dean of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and vice president for medical […]

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UT Teen Health approved for five-year, $9.86 million federal grant to stem teen pregnancies in South Texas

Rates are well higher than national average in counties facing health disparities Teen pregnancy rates are up to four times higher than the national average in South Texas, pointing to adolescent health care inequities affecting those who historically have suffered from socioeconomic disparities. UT Teen Health, an initiative of UT Health San Antonio that promotes […]

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Grants program awards research seed money to benefit community

  For School of Nursing PhD student Shanae Rhodes, BSN, RN, being one of six 2021-22 Community Engagement Small Project Grants program awardees was a game changer that would enable her to delve further into a topic close to her heart. She was thrilled to learn that her community-based participatory research project — Mixed Methods […]

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Myth or fact? Can sitting too close to the TV hurt your eyes? Will wearing glasses weaken your eyes? Test your knowledge!

By Ethan Stern, MD, Ophthalmology, retina specialist It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. They can also be windows to other health conditions in the body. In fact, the retina — the delicate tissue in the back of the eye that facilitates the sensation of vision — is one of […]

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Construction to affect access to UT Health Hill Country practice

Beginning Monday, July 10, to Sunday, July 23, the street leading to the UT Health Hill Country practice from the I-10 West access road will be closed due to construction for a nearby business. The affected road is expected to reopen Monday, July 24. Primary entrances to the practice — located at 25723 Old Fredericksburg […]

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