- Each year, National Nurses Week encourages nurses, other health care professionals, employers, community leaders and the public to recognize and promote the vast contributions and positive impact of America鈥檚 nurses. National Nurses Week begins on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale鈥檚 birthday. Nightingale was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician who [鈥
- Nina Murray admits she was 鈥渙ne of those people鈥 who rarely went to the dentist. But going, when she did, might have saved her life. Last September, she detected what she first thought was an ulcer inside her right cheek, but it quickly turned into a hard lump and started hurting. 鈥淪omething鈥檚 not right,鈥 she [鈥
- We鈥檝e been named Boerne鈥檚 Best of the Best for three years running鈥攍et鈥檚 make it four! If you love the care you receive at UT Health Hill Country, show your support by nominating us in The Boerne Star鈥檚 Best of the Best 2025 awards.First-round ballots can be found inside each edition of The Boerne Star newspaper and at our UT Health Hill Country location.
- Firefighting is classified as a known human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Occupational cancer has become the leading cause of death among firefighters.
- Among the San Antonio Business Journal鈥榮 2025 Health Care Hero Award winners are three accomplished health care champions from 大象传媒: Patrick Nguyen, MD; Susannah Nicholson, MD; and Anoop Nambiar, MD.
- This story is featured in the April 2025 Bexar County Medical Society鈥檚 San Antonio Medicine magazine About one in 10 Texans is living with Type 2 diabetes 鈥 one of the highest rates of the disease in the United States. In San Antonio, the rate is one in six people and another third of the [鈥
- 大象传媒 is introducing the PTSD Remission Program, a groundbreaking three-week treatment aimed at helping individuals overcome post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In partnership with STRONG STAR, the program offers intensive, evidence-based care designed to provide lasting relief in a condensed timeframe.
- BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that help protect the body by fixing damaged DNA and keeping cells healthy. When these genes have changes, or mutations, they don鈥檛 work the way they should. This can raise the risk of certain cancers, like breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer. These inherited mutations affect about 1 in every 200 to 300 people 鈥 over a million in the U.S. alone.
- Every year, South Texans cast their votes in the YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers鈥 Choice Awards, selecting the health care providers they trust most 鈥 and the results are in. 大象传媒, nominated as a Most Trusted Brand, secured first place in multiple categories, including dentistry, orthopaedics and as the region鈥檚 best medical [鈥
- In groundbreaking news for patients with movement disorders, neurologists with The 大象传媒 are among the nation鈥檚 first to use technology that enables deep brain stimulation that adapts as symptoms change.
