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2011

May

5/27: Express-News. Tomorrow's healers prepared to act with compassion


April

4/28: Express-News. UTHSC nursing students help combat diabetes

4/25: Express-News. Rethinking health care with help of mind-body techniques

4/9: Associated Press. Jury: Philly docs failed to report dangerous peer


March

3/9: HSC News. Laredo healthy aging conference draws nearly 200

3/5: Laredo Morning Times. An Important Medical Talk

3/4: El MaƱana. Buscan cuidar la salud de los abuelitos

3/3: Laredo Morning Times. Aging is topic of Friday conference


February

2/20: LareDos. UT Health Science Center to host healthy aging conference in March

2/10: Sacrametno Bee. Mobility Matters: Frustrated mobility providers ask White House to address gross mismanagement of mobility benefit

2/10: Diasabled World. Mobility Providers Ask White House to Address Gross Mismanagement of Mobility Benefit

2/2: Express-News. Art just what the doctor ordered

2/1: News from the Libraries. Aging Across America: A photo exhibit in the Briscoe Library

2/1: Statesman. Art helps medical students enhance powers of observation


January

January: Caring for the Ages. A Caution About Future 'Medical Homes'

1/25: WOAI. McNay Art Helping Train Student Doctors and Nurses

1/24: KENS5. An artful approach to teaching future doctors and nurses

1/23: Laredo Morning Times. Healthy Aging Topic of Seminar

1/12: Texas Public Radio. A Home for Haiti

1/11: KSAT 12. UTHSC Medical Students Return From Mission To Haiti

January | April: Impressions. Art Rounds: Using Art to Train Better Doctors and Nurses


2010

December

12/17: Dr. Robert C. Atkins Md. Diet. Memory Lessons - A Doctor's Story

12/11: Express-News. Fundraiser to help build home for Haitian family

12/10: KSAT 12. Local Students Prepare For Trip To Haiti

12/09: Washington Post. Seniors lose out with payment cuts to primary-care doctors


November

11/24: Express-News. Iraqi boy gets lifesaving surgery in S.A.

11/17: Express-News. Science's wonders obscured by stem cell hype

Aging: Narrative Matters by Health Affairs podcasts featuring Jerald Winakur, MD

11/15: WOAI 1200. Stem Cell Research Remains Political

11/07: KENS5. Expect fewer stray barks, meows due to free SpaySA program

11/06: Express-News. Free spay and neuter clinic planned for West Side

11/03: Animals Matter. Stray dogs can have an impact on your health

11/03: KENS5. Nursing students go to the dogs


October

10/14: Express-News. Book discussion: Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"


September

09/06: iLivewithaDisability.com. Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient

09/03: Healthcare As Though People Matter. Attitude

09/02: New York Times. Tending to Patients During a Hurricane

09/02: Well - Tara Parker-Pope on Health. Testing the Bonds of Doctor and Patient


August

08/27: CNN Health. Charity's last hours: Brutal, beautiful

08/02: US Politics Today. Physician Outraged by Medicare Power Wheelchair Documentation Policy


July

07/28: HME News. Some relationship advice for CMS

07/16: The Medical Quack. Physician Talks About the Red Tape, Forms and Administrative Time Required by CMS to get a Wheelchair for Patients - Sounds Complicated!

07/16: Redorbit.com. Physician Outraged by Medicare Power Wheelchair Documentation Policy

07/16: Mobility Matters. Physician Outraged by CMS Documentation Policy

07/15: Salud Today. San Antonio Medical/Nursing Students Teach Healthy Choices to Latino Kids

07/13: HSC News. HSC students teach 'Healthy Choices for Kids'

07/12: Express-News. Kids learn about healthy choices


May

o5/21: The SCOOTER Store. The SCOOTER Store Invests in Ethics Training for Future Doctors

05/11: Alamo Asian America Chamber of Commerse. Chamber's Women's Community Group Lunch Program Sold Out


April

Caring for the Ages. What We Owe: Payments Due the Invisible Minority

04/15: Express-News. Teen moms taught basics of breast-feeding


March

03/31: San Antonio Business Journal - Greater Chamber, Ford honor outstanding San Antonio women

03/24: On the Road with Dr. Rohack - Today's medical students to benefit from health reform

03/24: Express-News - AMA chief says health reform just starting

03/12: San Antonio Business Journal - Greater Chamber releases names of women business leaders

03/04: KLRN - Conversations: Dr. Ruth Berggren & Dr. Tyler Curiel

03/04: Inside KLRN - A Major Tragedy Struck


February

02/09: The Writers Read - Jerald Winakur

02/09: WMBF - CCU visiting lecturer to discuss ethics of cybernetics


January

STFM - Medical Students Hone Altruistic Skills Through Service to the Underserved

San Antonio Woman - Teaching Caring and Compassion

01/29: Express-News - I can't wait to return to Haiti

01/25: KSAT12 - Blog: Local Doctor Blogs From Haiti Hospital

01/24: WOAI - Burrito competitions help relief efforts in Haiti

01/24: Express-News - Burritos to Haiti's rescue

01/22: Express-News - S.A. hosts events, collects donations

01/21: QueQue - Dr. Berggren in Haiti: Safe, heartbroken, and hopeful

01/20: Current - Special Haiti-edition QueQue

01/17: QueQue - Haiti: An SA Aftershock

01/15: KSAT12 - Local Doctor Returns To Haiti

01/14: WOAI - San Antonio doctor ready to fly to Haiti as soon as possible

01/14: TPR.org - UTHSC Working To Provide Relief to Haiti After Quake

01/14: 590KLBJ.com - Local doctor traveliing to Haiti prepared for challenges

01/13: Express-News - San Antonian heading back to Haiti to help

01/13: KSAT12 - Local Students Missed Quake By Days

Caring for the Ages - The Power of Story in Long-Term Care

San Antonio Magazine - Best Doctors 2009-10, Working Holiday

Vanguard - Donors fund lectures, bring prominent speakers to campus


2009

December

Scene in S.A. - San Antonio's Top Doctors

Update - Connective Tissue: Art & Literature Journal; Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics to host Third Annual Community Service Learning Conference; Ethics Bites


November

11/05: San Antonio's Classical Oasis - Schweitzer & Bach

News from the Libraries - Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics to host 3rd annual community service learning conference in April 2010


October

10/30: San Antonio Business Journal - Women's Leadership Award Luncheon

10/20: Express-News - Health care reform tackled at UTHSC lecture

10/16: MySA.com - Health care heavy hitters to talk on fixing broken system

10/14: KENS5 - S.A. to host free forum on health care reform

10/09: San Antonio Medicine - TexasLivingWill.org brings advance directives home


September

09/26: Express-News - Surgeon's book explores empathy, ethics

09/26: Texas Public Radio - UTHSC 2008 Frank Bryant Memorial Lecture Series

09/25: Express-News - 2 local writers honored at INKstravaganza

09/25: Adding Life to Years - Nearly half of Nevada pharamcists think they should have the right to refuse to fill prescriptions

09/23: Express-News - Writing couple gets a well-deserved honor

09/22: HSC News - Dr. Pauline Chen to discuss her book, 'Final Exam,' Sept. 25

09/17: Express-News - Multitalented man touts music's healing power

09/08: KSAT12 - Doctor's Book Tells Personal Story

09/07: MySA.com - Healthy Choices for Kids Program

09/04: Express-News - Student-run clinics a godsend for poor, uninsured

San Antonio Woman - Autumn Reading


August

08/31: Kens5 - Colorful atlas a labor of love for S.A. doctor

08/20: Express-News - San Antonio doctor discusses end-of-life issues

08/18: KENS5 - Local Geriatrician joins national discussion on health care reform

08/18: HCB Magazine - San Antonio Geriatrician Joins National Discussion On Health Care Reform

08/07: KSAT12 - Playground, Paint Provide Education

Future Magazine - Authors and Authorities: Writing Textbooks is a Labor of Love; Ethics in Action is the driving force at the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics


July

07/27: HSC News - Summer program helps kids learn to make healthy choices

07/16: Express-News - Health Science Center adopts West Side park


June

National Association of Attorney Generals - Other News of Interest

06/22: Hospice Foundation of America Blog - End of Life Care Notes: Around the United States

06/22: The Monitor - UT Health Science Center ethicist creates living will Web site

06/20: Brownsville Herald - New Web site offers living will help

06/17: Valley Morning Star - Living wills help families prepare for emergencies, death of loved ones

06/17: AARP Bulletin Today - Living wills help families prepare for emergencies, death of loved ones

06/11: Ethics Illustrated - Web site makes 'end-of-life' planning easier for Texans

06/09: Beumont Enterprise - Web site makes 'end-of-life' planning easier for Texans

06/07: Unavision - Recuperan parques en San Antonio

06/07: KENS5 - Teens, med students come together to clean up Vidaurri Park on west side

06/04: HSC News - New Web site eases end-of-life planning for Texans

06/04: HCB Magazine - New Web site Eases End-Of-Life Planning for Texans


May

05/24: Express-News - Advance directive can help make sure that you get your wish

05/24: MYSA.COM Videos - Unusual approach to living wills

05/01: ValleyCentral.com - Clay's Clincher: The UIL Got It, Get It?


April 30, 2009

04/30: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Expert answers to common swine flu questions

04/30: Express-News - Answers to some swine flu questions

04/22: KENS5 - S.A. Doctor Pens New Medical Atlas

04/07: HSC News - Prominent biomedical ethicist visits campus

04/07: EmaxHealth.com - PAHO Says Hospitals Should Stand Up to Disasters


March

03/30: Express-News - Barbershop home of hypertension fight

03/17: Salud! America - Future doctors, nurses to model healthy nutrition, physical activity for middle-school children


February

02/27: Express-News - Katrina forged a new outlook for director

02/23: KENS5 - Memory Lessons: A Doctor's Story

02/18: Express-News - Doctor returns to S.A. with new novel in hand

02/15: Dallas Morning News - 'Cutting for Stone' by Abraham Verghese: Compelling characters inhabit saga of conjoined twins

02/12: Rediff.com - Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

02/10: HSC News - Medical students to share Haitian mission experience Feb. 17

02/10: HSC News - Verghese returns to Health Science Center for reading

02/08: Express-News - Physician Verghese takes readers on epic journey


January

01/27: HSC News - HSC Physician Writes Book About the Aging Process

01/18: Express-News - Doctor Advocates for the Elderly

01/17: Star Tribune - Leading the Blind: A Doctor helps his father through the dark and frightening world of Alzheimer's

01/11: Express-News - Winter/spring book offerings provide some bright spots

01/09: Texas Monthly - The Long Goodbye

01/09: O Magazine - The Long Goodbye

01/01: HCB Magazine - Dr. Jerald Winakur and Hyperion Press Announce Release of Novel


2008

August

Mission magazine - Seeing, Believing, Healing


July

07/21: KENS-5 CBS San Antonio - Group Teaches Kids How to Prevent Diabetes
07/02: Express-News - West Side: Having good, healthy fun


March
San Antonio Magazine - Best Doctors of 2008

January
01/01: UTHSCSA - Teaching Excellence Awards


2007

December
12/01: KGNS 08 - Frontera de Salud students and faculty volunteers gave free checkups

October
10/18: Express-News - Katrina responder to head UTHSC unit

August
08/30: Express-News - Author reflects on a lifetime of laughter, relationships

June
06/01: Brown Alumni Magazine - The View From The OR

May
05/01: Chicago Tribune - Book Club Good Medicine for Patients, Physicians

March
03/26: Express-News - Historian to discuss polio book

2006

December

12/02: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - AIDS specialist combines 2 arts to create a science of healing

October
10/20: Reuters Report - Creative writing may make doctors better
10/01: Medical Progress - The Hindu

June
06/01: KRIS - UTHSCSA medical students volunteer

March
03/01: ACP Observer - Looking to the arts to keep compassion in patient care