• A Mother’s Heart

    A Mother’s Heart

    Just one week after giving birth to her fifth child, Maria Bell underwent life-saving heart surgery. “I was sitting on the couch and my chest started to hurt,” Bell said. “I went to get my husband because it was getting worse and I wasn’t sure what it was. My husband is a family medicine physician…

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  • Groundbreaking ceremony held for new neonatal intensive care unit

    Groundbreaking ceremony held for new neonatal intensive care unit

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for the new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UT Health Tyler. A small group of administrators and physicians gathered for a private ceremony to initiate construction of the new medical unit located on the 4th floor of the hospital. Because attendance is limited due to COVID-19 safety precautions,…

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  • HoLEP Surgical Procedure

    HoLEP Surgical Procedure

    TURP, PVP, OP, REZUM, TUNA, TUMT – These are not just random assortments of letters. They represent different prostate surgical therapies for symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Some are obsolete and some have their continued place in routine BPH management. Prostate size is the most important factor in selecting the right therapy from…

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  • Eating Healthy in the New Year

    Eating Healthy in the New Year

    New Year’s resolutions offer an opportunity to reassess what areas of your life could use a change. For many, this includes eating healthier or losing weight. While good-intentioned, our approach to dieting often leaves us feeling restricted, and we lose motivation within a few weeks. So how can we set goals that actually stick? Clinical…

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  • Cervical Health Awareness Month

    Cervical Health Awareness Month

    January is Cervical Health Awareness Month! Let’s take a look at the importance of cervical cancer screening tests for women. Cancer of the uterine cervix is the third most common gynecologic cancer diagnosis in the United States. The good news is that the rate of cervical cancer has declined significantly due to widespread use of…

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  • Prenatal Care and Your Baby

    Prenatal Care and Your Baby

    Becoming pregnant can be an exciting time in a woman’s life. There is a multitude of questions that will arise with this momentous news. Having prenatal care is one of the most important things to think about when you learn that you are pregnant. Prenatal care is the care for your expected baby and for…

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  • How to set and achieve goals

    How to set and achieve goals

    This time of year brings many new opportunities. Venturing outside of your comfort zone to create new goals could be something you are ready to take on. If so, there are five steps commonly known as the SMART process to help you get started on the path to success. As you determine what you want…

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  • How to set and achieve goals

    How to set and achieve goals

    This time of year brings many new opportunities. Venturing outside of your comfort zone to create new goals could be something you are ready to take on. If so, there are five steps commonly known as the SMART process to help you get started on the path to success. As you determine what you want…

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  • Why it is important to have an annual check-up

    Why it is important to have an annual check-up

    There was a time when people only went to the doctor when they were sick. Today, we now know that preventive healthcare is the key to living a longer, healthier life. It is important for people to get regular check-ups so they can identify potential health issues before they become a problem. By seeing a…

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  • Surgical Thyroid Options

    Surgical Thyroid Options

    The development of a benign multinodular goiter is a normal aspect of aging and a majority of women will develop goiters later in life. Very few of these nodules are cancer. However, as a result of the increasing use of diagnostic imaging involving the neck, more and more thyroid nodules are discovered; therefore more cancers…

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