- Longer days and warmer weather are ahead, and the spring sports season has started. For many athletes and weekend warriors, the new season can also bring new injuries, or at least the risk of getting one. Jeff Svec, MD, a primary care physician with UT Health Physicians who specializes in both sports medicine and family medicine, offers these tips to avoid new injuries and care for past injuries, so you can play it safe this season.
- 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.
- 鈥淭he body is the car the brain gets to drive around in. To maintain your vehicle, you鈥檝e got to check the tires, change the oil and fix what鈥檚 broken before it gets worse.鈥 Alexander Shepherd, MD, a board-certified clinical pharmacologist and internist. He's been caring for male patients for more than 40 years and says it didn't take long for him to notice a pattern. 鈥淲hen men are young, they are more active. They are stronger and less stressed.
- UT Health MyChart users have access to Fast Pass, a feature that will text or email you if an earlier appointment becomes available.Patients can request to be placed on the Fast Pass list when making their appointment. If an earlier appointment becomes available, you will receive a message and be prompted to log in to MyChart. If the new appointment time works for you, be sure to promptly accept the appointment. After accepting, your original appointment will be canceled and your new, sooner appointment will be confirmed.
- 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.
- Dr. Rob Carter from UT Health, the co-author of The Morning Mind and expert in human performance, gives four simple tips to give your hectic mornings a healthy boost. Boost your morning routine with these tips! 1. Reflect on what makes you happy to be alive. "The subconscious responds very powerfully to feeling, and the more of a sensory experience you can make, the more effective it will be."
- Watch the Medical Minute Lauren Mills, MS, CGC is a certified genetic counselor for 天美传媒. She shares how testing can help detect one鈥檚 risk for cancer and why testing can be beneficial to preventive care, in this KENS 5 Medical Minute, a collaboration between 天美传媒 and KENS 5.
- San Antonio residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join 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. The events are free and all are welcome! Preregistration is not required.
- Marcela Mazo Canola, MD, breast medical oncologist at 天美传媒 MD Anderson Cancer Center, reminds us of the advantages of choosing 3-D mammograms, and why it means better detection of breast cancer. This KENS 5 Medical Minute is a collaboration between 天美传媒 and KENS 5.
- Researchers at Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute at 天美传媒 are among the top contributors of therapy trials in the world. The Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute focuses its research on the role of cancer genes in children, which are very different from cancers in adults. This difference is the reason many adult cancer treatments do not work on children, which makes the research at the Greehey Center so important.
