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This week's topics include LSD and anxiety disorders, cardiac rehab in older people after MI, CT and pregnancy outcomes, and a new agent for treatment of resistant hypertension.
This week's topics include use of beta blockers after MI, revascularization in NSTEMI, discontinuation of blood thinners after ablation for afib, and use of RSV vaccination and hospitalization and other outcomes.
Dozens of lives were changed Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Hunt School of Nursing White Coat Ceremony.
This week's topics include trauma predictive brain networks, AI and colonoscopy, ADHD treatment and behavior choices, and medication affordability around the world.
When Jennifer Rau celebrated her five-year milestone since her breast cancer diagnosis — symbolizing victory over the disease — her older sister Kristin Sizemore received a phone call that would forever change their family's story.
One by one, 59 new dental students stepped onto the stage and returned transformed, each wearing the white coat that marks the beginning of their profession.
This week's topics include who's delivering cancer care, new treatment for staph, diet and type 2 diabetes and potatoes and type 2 diabetes.
Texas Tech Health El Paso recognized two Hunt School of Dental Medicine students who received life-changing four-year scholarships.
When Texas Tech Health El Paso graduate students Alejandra Muñoz and Briana Olivares discovered that Del Valle High School had more than a million dollars’ worth of unused laboratory equipment sitting in boxes, they discovered an opportunity.
This week's topics include men and women's use of health care and death after dementia dx, alteplase after stroke, obesity and IVF outcomes, and ultraprocessed foods, minimally processed foods, weight loss and cardiometabolic risk factors.
What began as a vision from Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D., dean of the Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and philanthropists Rick and Ginger Francis — to bring innovative research and compassionate care to the people of the Borderplex — is now becoming a reality.
The auditorium fell silent as Devin Martinez stepped forward to receive her Foster School of Medicine white coat, her family's eyes glistening with pride as they looked on.
When cancer is found before being spread, a patient’s five-year survival rate is about four times higher than when it’s diagnosed late. Early detection through preventive screenings remains one of the most effective tools in reducing cancer deaths.
This week's topics include sex differences in response to antithrombotics, variants of Covid in people with persistent infection, making contraception free, and CRC screening in young adults.
Anthony Lerma remembers the night he found hope. Homeless and struggling with schizophrenia, Lerma wandered the streets of El Paso. A chance encounter at a downtown park led him to the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, where he received not only shelter and a meal, but also — crucially — a connection to mental health care through Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Project Opportunity. That moment marked the beginning of his journey back to stability and possibility.
For David Pimentel, M.D., the first few days of residency have been filled with long hours, steep learning curves and a deep sense of gratitude.
This week's topics include the Human Phenotype project, CBT by telehealth and chronic pain, looking at RNA to characterize cancers, and air pollution and cognitive impairment with age.
When Kelly Yang, then a third-year Texas Tech Health El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine student, noticed patients with special needs required sedation for routine dental procedures, she developed a solution.
A new endowed scholarship has been created at Texas Tech Health El Paso thanks to Scott B. Crawford, M.D., FACEP, FSSH, FAWM, Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Executive Director of the Training and Educational Center for Healthcare Simulation (TECHS), and his wife, Jenn, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Marketing in UTEP’s Marketing and Communications division.
This week's topics include a comprehensive look at kid's health in the US, remaining life expectancy deficits after Covid, heart risk calculators in different ethnicities, and screening for hep C in the ED.
Texas Tech Health El Paso proudly celebrated its first official Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day, a new annual tradition dedicated to championing collaboration, connection, and community within health professions education.
This week's topics include a comprehensive look at kid's health in the US, remaining life expectancy deficits after Covid, heart risk calculators in different ethnicities, and screening for hep C in the ED.
Texas Tech Health El Paso and The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus recently celebrated the first cohort of psychiatry and family medicine residents and the second cohort of Internal Medicine residents who completed their graduate medical education – highlighting their years of intensive hands-on clinical experience.
This week's topics include a novel way to help aphasia post-stroke, a new type of hypertension medicine, ED boarding in older adults, and substandard chemotherapy drugs.
To join the team of faculty surgeons at Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Foster School of Medicine, Tiffany M. Lasky, D.O., M.H.S., had to navigate to a starkly different landscape. She traded the misty mountains and winding roads of rural Appalachia for the vast, arid Chihuahuan Desert surrounding El Paso.
As he approached his 65th birthday, José Ramírez of El Paso feared he had no choice but to pay for pricey dental coverage.
Andrea Tawney, Ph.D., vice president of Institutional Advancement at Texas Tech Health El Paso, will depart the university on Sept. 30, 2025, after seven years of visionary leadership and service to the institution and our Borderplex .
For Wayne Martin, Father’s Day, which falls during National Cancer Survivor Month, serves as a reminder of a decision he made three decades ago to trust his instincts and advocate for cancer screenings.
American College of Surgeons President Beth H. Sutton, M.D., FACS, paid a visit to Texas Tech Health El Paso on Thursday, May 15.
On June 9, Texas Tech Health El Paso and The University of Texas at El Paso announced the third cohort of students selected for MedFuture, an initiative that jointly admits talented high school seniors from West Texas to college and medical school in El Paso.