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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and can serve both a reminder and an opportunity to take care of YOU!

Breast health begins with a sense of what is normal for your breasts, also known as breast awareness. To promote breast health, consider doing regular breast self-exams. With practice, you will discover how your breasts vary in sensitivity and texture at different times during your menstrual cycle.

For many women, breast health includes concerns about breast lumps, breast pain or nipple discharge. Know what is normal and when to consult your doctor. It is also...

Athens, Texas (August 1, 2024) — Gone are the days of being wheeled into surgery on a stretcher. Pediatric patients at UT Health Athens can now drive themselves in style, cruising the hospitals hallways in a red, electric toy car. 

“Surgery can be a scary thought, no matter what the age of the patient, so this is a way to help keep our youngest patients focused on something fun and exciting before they undergo a surgical procedure,” said Heather Densmore, director of surgery. “We’ve really seen the positive benefits because the patients have been so excited about...

Kelli Martin, APRN, FNP-C

UT Health East Texas Physicians Gastroenterology Clinic...

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

Working in healthcare has been a calling for as long as Linda Boykin can remember. 

Boykin, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA, the clinical manager for Healthy Connections at UT Health Tyler, got her start as a teenager volunteering as a candy striper in the nursery of a Los Angeles, Calif., hospital in the late 1970s.

“I loved working in the newborn nursery, not knowing those tiny fingers and toes would draw me...