After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

After an extended summer break thanks to COVID-19, many parents are looking toward the fall and the start of a new school year. With that comes back-to-school physicals and updates on immunizations. If your child is a tween, you should make sure he or she receives the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV is a sexually…

Friends and family members often ask me, “When are you guys going to cure cancer?” The truthful answer to this question is that we are curing cancer every day! However, it is often not as frequent, or as easy to achieve as we would all like it to be. However, with a little effort, I…

On November 28, 2011, Cody Chandler went to the emergency room at UT Health Tyler with what he thought was pneumonia. He had no idea the reality of what he was about to face. Not only did he have pneumonia in both lungs, he also was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). “This is a…