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Through a collaboration with McGraw-Hill Education, CHCP successfully increased graduation rates from 74 percent to 80 percent compared to CHCP’s traditional residential education model.

The College of Health Care Professions is Successfully Meeting Local Employment

MDN Staff - Sep 25, 2018

MIT researchers have demonstrated a new way to reverse memory loss by blocking an enzyme known as HDAC2. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT

Blocking a Key Enzyme May Reverse Memory Loss

MDN Staff - Sep 25, 2018

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s College of Education and P-16 Integration H-E-B Read 3 and the Edinburg Housing Authority partnered this summer to bring community awareness to the issues of literacy and nutrition. The new summer program ran from July 23-27 at the Albores Courts Community Center in Edinburg, with 19 qualifying families recruited by EHA literacy coordinator Araceli Porras. Dr. Criselda Garcia, professor and associate dean for Initial Preparation Programs and Academic Affairs in the UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration, and Dr. Hermelinda Hesbrook, representative from H-E-B Read 3, spearheaded the program. (Courtesy Photo)

H-E-B and UTRGV Partnered on Literacy and Nutrition Awareness Program

MDN Staff - Sep 24, 2018

Vitalant will maintain the same community-based staff in every donation center, and donors will experience the personal, professional and comfortable level of service they have come to trust and expect.

United Blood Services is now Vitalant; New Name, Unified Brand for 127 Nationwide Donation Centers

MDN Staff - Sep 24, 2018

Only give personal information like your Medicare Number to doctors, insurers acting on your behalf, or trusted people in the community who work with Medicare like your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).

Watch Out for Scams, Protect your Identity

MDN Staff - Sep 24, 2018

11th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, Run, Ride

MDN - Sep 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence Live Watch

MDN - Sep 10, 2018

DHR Health Increases Childhood Cancer Awareness throughout the Month of September

MDN - Sep 6, 2018

The Health and Human Services Commission's (HHSC) met at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance and received public testimony that will help review the history and future roll-out of Medicaid Managed Care in Texas. Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez

DHR Health Hosts Key Lawmakers, Health Services Heard Public Testimonies

MDN Staff - Sep 4, 2018

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‘Don’t Mess with Texas’ Launches Contest for New Song

MDN Staff - Aug 30, 2018

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MDN Staff - Aug 27, 2018

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Hurricane Florence Live Watch

Sep 10, 2018

Back to School Shots Required: Public Schools, Private Schools

Aug 1, 2018

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Through a collaboration with McGraw-Hill Education, CHCP successfully increased graduation rates from 74 percent to 80 percent compared to CHCP’s traditional residential education model.

The College of Health Care Professions is Successfully Meeting Local Employment

MDN Staff - Sep 25, 2018

Mega Doctor News As originally published in Mega Doctor News newsprint edition September 2018 Houston, Texas – In September 2017, the Texas Workforce Commission reported that...

MIT researchers have demonstrated a new way to reverse memory loss by blocking an enzyme known as HDAC2. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT

Blocking a Key Enzyme May Reverse Memory Loss

Sep 25, 2018

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s College of Education and P-16 Integration H-E-B Read 3 and the Edinburg Housing Authority partnered this summer to bring community awareness to the issues of literacy and nutrition. The new summer program ran from July 23-27 at the Albores Courts Community Center in Edinburg, with 19 qualifying families recruited by EHA literacy coordinator Araceli Porras. Dr. Criselda Garcia, professor and associate dean for Initial Preparation Programs and Academic Affairs in the UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration, and Dr. Hermelinda Hesbrook, representative from H-E-B Read 3, spearheaded the program. (Courtesy Photo)

H-E-B and UTRGV Partnered on Literacy and Nutrition Awareness Program

Sep 24, 2018

Only give personal information like your Medicare Number to doctors, insurers acting on your behalf, or trusted people in the community who work with Medicare like your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).

Watch Out for Scams, Protect your Identity

Sep 24, 2018

The Health and Human Services Commission's (HHSC) met at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance and received public testimony that will help review the history and future roll-out of Medicaid Managed Care in Texas. Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez

DHR Health Hosts Key Lawmakers, Health Services Heard Public Testimonies

Sep 4, 2018

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MDN Staff - Sep 3, 2018

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Medical Breakthroughs

University of Minnesota researchers developed a prototype of a 3D-printed device with living cells that could help spinal cord patients restore some function. The size of the device could be custom-printed to fit each patient’s spinal cord. The patient’s own cells would be printed on the guide to avoid rejection in the body. Credit: University of Minnesota

New 3D-printed Device Could Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries

Dr. Christopher Vitek (at left), UTRGV associate professor of biology, and state Rep. R. D. “Bobby” Guerra (center), spoke this week in the Zika research lab on the Edinburg Campus, as biology graduate student and lab manager Heather Hernandez performed tests on pesticide effectiveness. Guerra and other guests toured the facility and got updates on important research UTRGV is conducting on Zika and other vector-borne diseases. (UTRGV Photo by Victoria Brito)

UTRGV faculty and students at forefront of Zika research

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Through a collaboration with McGraw-Hill Education, CHCP successfully increased graduation rates from 74 percent to 80 percent compared to CHCP’s traditional residential education model.

The College of Health Care Professions is Successfully Meeting Local Employment

Sep 25, 2018

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s College of Education and P-16 Integration H-E-B Read 3 and the Edinburg Housing Authority partnered this summer to bring community awareness to the issues of literacy and nutrition. The new summer program ran from July 23-27 at the Albores Courts Community Center in Edinburg, with 19 qualifying families recruited by EHA literacy coordinator Araceli Porras. Dr. Criselda Garcia, professor and associate dean for Initial Preparation Programs and Academic Affairs in the UTRGV College of Education and P-16 Integration, and Dr. Hermelinda Hesbrook, representative from H-E-B Read 3, spearheaded the program. (Courtesy Photo)

H-E-B and UTRGV Partnered on Literacy and Nutrition Awareness Program

Sep 24, 2018

Vitalant will maintain the same community-based staff in every donation center, and donors will experience the personal, professional and comfortable level of service they have come to trust and expect.

United Blood Services is now Vitalant; New Name, Unified Brand for...

Sep 24, 2018

11th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, Run, Ride

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Mega Story

Dr. Leonel Vela and Dr. John Krouse form The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine welcomed its newest students with a White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at the Performing Arts Center of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. Marking the beginning of their education and career, the new medical students received their signature white lab coats from School of Medicine leaders, then recited the Hippocratic Oath – which acknowledges their primary role as caregivers – in the presence of their loved ones, school leaders, and peers. Dr. John H. Krouse, executive vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine, congratulated the students for their achievements thus far and emphasized the importance of staying humble and showing compassion. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)

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