Every year, thousands of women receive a breast cancer diagnosis. As breast cancer rates continue to climb across the United States, health experts are urging women not to delay routine screenings that could save their lives

The significance of DHR Health Transplant Institute’s latest recognition extends far beyond a hospital ranking. It raises a larger question for South Texas: Has the Rio Grande Valley reached the point where patients can look to the region not only for local healthcare, but for nationally competitive transplant medicine?