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UT Health East Texas Olympic Centers Surpass Food Drive Goal
Read more: UT Health East Texas Olympic Centers Surpass Food Drive GoalTyler, TX (December 5, 2019) UT Health East Texas Olympic Centers last month collected 26 barrels of food that will benefit the East Texas Food Bank. Throughout the month of November, donation barrels from the East Texas Food Bank were placed at Olympic Center locations in Tyler, Lake Palestine, Cedar Creek Lake, Jacksonville, Hideaway Lake,…
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Your Healthiest Holiday Season Yet
Read more: Your Healthiest Holiday Season YetThere are an untold amount of articles full of advice on how to eat healthy during the holidays. While it is very important to formulate a plan on how to approach a buffet during this season of sugar, fat and salt, it is also a time to focus on keeping up with other aspects of…
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UT Health East Texas and Premier Health partner on urgent care clinics in East Texas
Read more: UT Health East Texas and Premier Health partner on urgent care clinics in East TexasTyler, Texas (November 26, 2019) — UT Health East Texas, a leading health system, and Premier Health, a nationally respected urgent care operator, announce a new partnership to open urgent care clinics in Tyler and surrounding areas. The first clinic will be a new, state-of-the-art urgent care clinic in Henderson, Texas. This is the first…
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UT Health physician assistant who was a trauma patient will light Christmas tree
Read more: UT Health physician assistant who was a trauma patient will light Christmas treeTyler, Texas (November 26, 2019) Fewer than two years ago, Shawn Gonter was a trauma patient at UT Health Tyler after a serious motorcycle accident. Gonter now works for UT Health as a physician assistant, and on Dec. 3 he will have the honor of lighting the hospital’s outdoor Christmas tree during a public ceremony.…
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Diabetic Foot Ulcers and How to Prevent Them
Read more: Diabetic Foot Ulcers and How to Prevent ThemNovember is Diabetes Awareness Month, and as an internist and a wound care specialist, much of my day-to-day routine is treating people with diabetes. Many people are aware of what diabetes is and are affected by it, but most do not know about the major complications associated with it or what to do about them.…
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Your Best Bladder Diet
Read more: Your Best Bladder DietBladder issues are still a sensitive health subject people tend to avoid talking about – even with their physician. However, issues like urinary incontinence, bladder infections and urinary tract infections are common and may be helped with simple lifestyle changes. One way to improve bladder health is to modify your diet. Certain foods and liquids…
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UT Health East Texas EMS and Champion EMS Settle Dispute
Read more: UT Health East Texas EMS and Champion EMS Settle DisputeTyler, Texas (November 19, 2019) — UT Health East Texas EMS and Champion EMS are pleased to report that the parties have settled the lawsuit regarding ambulance services in Tyler, Texas. Since 1992, ETMC EMS, now operating as UT Health East Texas EMS, an affiliate of UT Health East Texas, has been proud to serve…
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UT Health East Texas opens new clinic in Mt. Pleasant
Read more: UT Health East Texas opens new clinic in Mt. PleasantMt. Pleasant, Texas (November 7, 2019) — UT Health East Texas Physicians has opened a new clinic in Mt. Pleasant. This clinic will provide quality care close to home in the Mt. Pleasant area. The clinic not only offers family medicine care, but has an otolaryngology (ENT) clinic. Providers at the clinic include: Eric Reed,…
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Breathing Easier: COPD Facts and Treatments
Read more: Breathing Easier: COPD Facts and TreatmentsWhat is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)? Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD, is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructive airflow. COPD is a disease that involves constriction of the airways and difficulty or discomfort in breathing that affect the lung functionality of over 16 million people in the USA.…
