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Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center announces new director

Posted on: 2008-11-17 09:59:56

Contact: Krystal Coates-Porter (361) 688-9051
Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center

Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center announces new director

(CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) — The Texas A&M Health Science Center announces the selection of a new director for the HSC-Coastal Bend Health Education Center: Guadalupe Reyes Jr., who has extensive administrative experience in higher education.

“I am excited about joining this already successful team of dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health of the commun...
HSC-College of Nursing Dean Dr. Wilkerson named professor emeritus at Purdue

Posted on: 2008-11-13 14:57:33

Contact: Scott Maier (979) 458-0770
Texas A&M Health Science Center Marketing and Communications

HSC-College of Nursing Dean Dr. Wilkerson named professor emeritus at Purdue

Sharon Wilkerson, Ph.D., R.N., acting dean of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing, recently was named professor emeritus at Purdue University.

Dr. Wilkerson previously was an associate professor at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi College of Nursing and Health Sciences and before that was director of doctoral program development and an associate professor at the Purdue University School of Nursing. She al...
Health Science Center College of Medicine, Scott & White host open house at new Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Posted on: 2008-11-11 13:09:22

Contact: Summer Morgan (979) 862-4015
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Scott Clark (254) 724-3047
Scott & White Division of Strategy, Marketing and Communications

Health Science Center College of Medicine, Scott & White host open house at new Institute for Regenerative Medicine

(TEMPLE, TX) — The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and Scott & White Healthcare hosted an open house Nov. 13 welcoming Darwin J. Prockop, M.D., Ph.D., as director of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott & Whi...
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing establishes inaugural Ruth and Austin W. Roberts Nursing Scholarship

Posted on: 2008-11-10 11:22:39

Contact: Scott Maier (979) 458-0770
Texas A&M Health Science Center Marketing and Communications

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing establishes inaugural Ruth and Austin W. Roberts Nursing Scholarship

(COLLEGE STATION, TX) — The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing has established the inaugural Ruth and Austin W. Roberts Nursing Scholarship for $25,000. It will be used to fund a scholarship for a nursing student, with first preference to a student who has completed or is currently enrolled in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University.

Williams of Tul...
HSC-School of Rural Public Health works with UTMB consortium to increase laboratory readiness in five-state region

Posted on: 2008-11-06 08:20:51

Contact: Rae Lynn Mitchell (979) 458-0773
Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health

HSC-School of Rural Public Health works with UTMB consortium to increase laboratory readiness in five-state region

(HOUSTON) – Scott Lillibridge, M.D., assistant dean in the HSC-School of Rural Public Health and director of the HSC Global Health and Security Program, and Dennis Perrotta, Ph.D., associate research scientist in the HSC-SRPH, have worked with The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseas...
Texas A&M Health Science Center, City of Bryan raise flags on new HSC-Bryan campus as construction steams ahead

Posted on: 2008-11-05 09:19:45

Contact: Scott Maier, Texas A&M Health Science Center Marketing and Communications (979) 458-0770
April Avison, City of Bryan Communications Director (979) 209-5120

Texas A&M Health Science Center, City of Bryan raise flags on new HSC-Bryan campus as construction steams ahead

(BRYAN, TX) — It was all smiles under hard hats Wednesday as the Texas A&M Health Science Center and City of Bryan hosted a joint flag raising at the new HSC-Bryan campus.

Surrounded by heavy machinery and dozens of construction workers, Nancy W. Dickey, M.D., President of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and ...
HSC-SRPH Dr. Hawes appointed to Texas, national AARP committees

Posted on: 2008-10-31 15:28:06

Contact: Rae Lynn Mitchell (979) 458-0773
Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health

HSC-SRPH Dr. Hawes appointed to Texas, national AARP committees

(COLLEGE STATION, TX) — Catherine Hawes, Ph.D., Regents Professor in the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, has been appointed to both the National Policy Council (NPC) of the AARP and the Texas AARP Executive Committee.

The AARP operates as a non-profit, nonpartisan advocate for people age 50 and over and is among the most powerful advocacy groups in the United States with more than 38 mi...
Eating not good prior to surgery

Posted on: 2008-10-24 16:26:37

Patients scheduled for surgery often have only telephone contact with the anesthesia and preoperative team to receive instructions prior to the procedure. However, this eliminates the opportunity to discuss in detail the reasons behind the preoperative instruction, “Don’t eat or drink anything after midnight.”

Patients undergoing surgery are usually told to abstain from eating or drinking after midnight on the night before surgery. This is because in healthy patients, it takes at least eight hours for a meal to digest and the stomach to empty. Undergoing general anesthesia w...
Change the channel on TV medication commercials

Posted on: 2008-10-24 16:26:10

The next time you see a pharmaceutical commercial on your television, the best thing for your health is to change the channel.

“Once a patient believes a medication causes certain side effects, it is very hard for physicians to prescribe it to the patient,” said Juan Castro, M.D., assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy. “You have to do a lot of talking and hope they decide to take the prescription as part of their treatment.”

Some patients will even begin to experience the side effects they...
Shingles in the mouth

Posted on: 2008-10-24 16:25:44

Most people know that herpes zoster, more commonly known as shingles, is a painful condition caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Many may not be aware, however, that the disease can occur even in the mouth.

“Since the virus lives on the sensory nerves, it can manifest any place on the body, including the mouth,” said Dr. Charles Wakefield, professor and director of the advanced education in general dentistry residency program at Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry.

"Anyone who has had chickenpox has the potential to develop shingles, and abou...

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