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Prostate cancer treatment study changing the way doctors practice

Written by Elizabeth Allen on Apr 05, 2013

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends a dramatic shift in the way doctors treat metastatic prostate cancer.

“These results have changed the way I treat patients,” said Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and senior author on the international study.

Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance releases Legislative Agenda for the 83rd Session

Written by annalisapeace on Apr 03, 2013

The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance has released our Legislative Agenda for the 83rd Session of the Texas Legislature. This agenda includes bills filed as of March 29th, 2013. The Agenda has been compiled by consensus and endorsed by all forty-seven of our member groups, spanning twenty-one counties in Central Texas.

For the Kids (FTK) hosts 4th Annual Dance Marathon

Written by kcscharnberg on Mar 29, 2013

The UTSA student organization For the Kids (FTK) will host its 4th annual 18-hour, high-energy, no-sitting, no-sleeping Dance Marathon from 7 p.m., Friday, April 5 to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 6 in the UTSA Convocation Center on the UTSA Main Campus.

The fundraiser celebrates the organization’s yearlong fundraising efforts to help children with cancer and their families. The FTK Dance Marathon at UTSA in 2012 raised more than $35,000.

Liberty Bar Chef Rene Guerrero named Nourishing SAAF-Chef of the Month

Written by San Antonio AID... on Mar 25, 2013

The San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) is most widely known for their services of HIV prevention and skilled nursing/hospice but there is more to SAAF services. Many are not aware that SAAF (pronounced, safe) offers a Hot Meals Program that offers free meals - breakfast lunch and dinner - 365 days a year to those infected with HIV. Recently SAAFs Hot Meals Program launched an extension called Nourishing SAAF-Chef of the Month Project where each month an area chef offers their time and talents to prepare a special culinary delight to HIV/AIDS

UT Medicine doctor creates one-stop shop for women

Written by UT Medicine on Mar 25, 2013

Ildiko Agoston, M.D., FAAC, assistant professor of medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has created what she calls a VIP clinic for the everyday woman without the VIP price tag.