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Written by evrard on Oct 04, 2012

REPLAY VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast live on Friday, Oct. 5 from the 8th Annual San Antonio Health Literacy Conference at the Airport Hilton, 611 Northwest Loop 410. The conference, titled Health Literacy in the Electronic Age: High Tech / High Touch, was scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (see agenda below).

Anyone can replay the video of the plenary sessions right here on this page, or to hear audio of the concurrent sessions.

Written by evrard on Oct 02, 2012

REPLAY VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast live from the groundbreaking ceremony of San Antonio's multi-use pet center in Brackenridge Park on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m.

Named in honor of the longtime head of the Petco Foundation, the Paul Jolly Center for Animal Adoptions will feature a large adoption area for dogs and cats, as well as a spay/neuter clinic and an event pavilion that will both carry the Petco name.

Written by CMHE on Oct 02, 2012

For a decade, the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics has taught ethics and professionalism while nurturing empathy and humanitarian values in students at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. These vital lessons come from the classroom and the community, at home and abroad, through arts and literature and through practical, hands-on experience.

Written by UT Health Scien... on Sep 27, 2012

Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children announced today that it has received a two-year, $2.1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) for its pursuit of policy and environmental solutions to the epidemic of Latino childhood obesity across the nation.

Salud America! will expand its 2,000-member network and develop an innovative system to support, inform and empower advocates to prevent Latino childhood obesity.

Written by evrard on Sep 25, 2012

REPLAY VIDEO: NOWCastSA webcast Voices for Children of San Antonio's flagship workshop, the 14th Annual Congress on Children, on Friday, Sept. 28 live from the Whitley Center at the Oblate School of Theology, at 285 Oblate Dr.

Thanks to underwriting by Methodist Healthcare Ministries, you can replay video from the event here: