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Four Seasons Women’s Health

Tyler, Texas (May 5, 2025) — UT Health East Texas is excited to welcome Four Seasons Women’s Health, further strengthening our commitment to delivering exceptional, personalized care for women across East Texas. The practice will continue caring for patients at its current location, 2017 Rickety Lane in Tyler, and now operate as part of UT Health East Texas Women's Services, providing advanced obstetrics and gynecology care with an expanded team of experienced providers.

As part of this transition, the physicians of Four Seasons Women’s Health have partnered with...

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UT Health East Texas EMS

Tyler, Texas (April 30, 2025) — UT Health East Texas EMS has once again been nationally recognized for its excellence in emergency medical services, earning its sixth consecutive three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS). This achievement places UT Health East Texas EMS among an elite group — roughly 180 ambulance services nationwide — to voluntarily meet and exceed the Commission’s rigorous standards.

With this continued accreditation, UT Health East Texas EMS remains the only accredited ambulance service in East...

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Tyler, Texas (April 17, 2025) — UT Health East Texas is expanding access to healthcare with a state-of-the-art, more than 8,000-square-foot facility strategically positioned at Loop 323 and Earl Campbell Parkway in West Tyler. The new building, located across from Sam’s Club and adjacent to the new Chick-fil-A, will house an urgent care center, as well as pediatric and primary care clinics.

“This location is at the heart of Tyler’s rapid growth along the western corridor,” said Todd Hill, CEO of UT Health East Texas Physicians. “As our community expands, we remain...

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Choosing the best childbirth center to welcome your baby into the world is a big decision, and let's be honest—it can...

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Dr. Shaza Moussa

Dr. Shaza Moussa, an internal medicine physician at UT Health Jacksonville, remembers the day 12 years ago that changed her life forever. 

Moussa had been a practicing pediatrician in Syria for more than 20 years, the ongoing war increasingly affecting her family’s daily life, to the point she and her husband went to different churches to ensure their three children would have a surviving parent in case one of the churches were bombed while they attended service.

The life-changing call came...

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Henderson, Texas (February 25, 2025) — UT Health Henderson announced today that it has been recognized for outstanding improvements in clinical operations, employee satisfaction and patient experience by its parent company, Ardent Health.

UT Health Henderson received the inaugural Momentum Award for its strong performance across all aspects of operations and care delivery. This award highlights the significant progress driving the hospital's strong performance gains.

“Receiving the Momentum Award is a true reflection of the hard work and dedication of the...

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Benefits of Pelvic Floor Therapy

Megan Burton, PT, DPT, with UT Health East Texas, stopped by KETK's East Texas Live to discuss pelvic floor therapy and benefits. Learn more by watching this clip of the interview.

Tyler, Texas (January 15, 2025) —  UT Health Tyler today announced that it is the first in the region to offer Aquablation therapy with the new HYDROS Robotic System, the next-generation platform to treat men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate. Aquablation therapy, now delivered by an AI-powered robotic system, is clinically proven to provide significant, durable BPH symptom relief while preserving sexual function and continence across prostates of all shapes and sizes.

BPH is an unfortunate reality of aging...

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Tyler, Texas (January 15, 2025) —  UT Health East Texas has announced the sale of HealthFirst TPA (Third Party Administrator) and two related companies, Medical Management Solutions (MM Solutions, Inc.) and Risk Funding Alternatives (RFA, Inc.), to Imagine360, an integrated health plan provider specializing in self-funded health solutions for employers.

The transaction, effective December 31, 2024, positions HealthFirst and its affiliates for expansion within the East Texas market. 

“We’re thrilled about the complementary capabilities of HealthFirst and...

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Jennie Zheng, MD Obesity Blog

Understanding Obesity

Obesity is a chronic disease influenced by sedentary lifestyles, poor dietary choices, environmental factors and genetic predispositions. The consumption of fast and processed foods, combined with unhealthy habits, accelerates the prevalence of obesity. Additionally, certain genetic factors can increase the risk.

Having excess fat tissue, also known as adipose tissue, can cause the body's immune system to overreact and release excessive inflammatory substances. This overreaction, called a cytokine storm, can result in widespread damage to the body...

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