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By:  Dr. Armour R. Forse DHR Health Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Obesity is not a simple eating problem but a medical disease. It is a global...

By: Alexander Feigl, MD DHR Health Urology Institute The topic of men’s health is wide ranging. There are a few topics that make up the bulk...

By Dr. Jose Cruz DHR Health Oncology Institute One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. There are three major types of...

Dr. Hamzah M. Saei, Vascular Neurologist & Stroke Program Medical Director Dr. Hector Urrutia, Cardiologist May is Stroke Awareness Month, and Rio Grande Regional Hospital (RGRH) wants...

By Dr. Jose E. Igoa DHR Health Behavioral Hospital Although often associated with sadness, depression is a mood disorder that goes beyond normal sadness. Depression...

By Dr. Patricia Fernandez DHR Health Neuroscience Institute Brain cells begin to die fast when the arterial blood flow is blocked, preventing oxygen and nutrients from...

Dr. Hamzah M. Saei, Vascular Neurologist Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States and the 5th leading cause of death.  Strokes...

By Carlos Morales, MD, FACC, FSCAI Director of Structural Cardiology at DHR Health Heart Institute Heart disease is common in people with diabetes.  Diabetes affects...

By Dr. Mariam Washington DHR Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Electrodiagnostics, often misnamed as EMG only, can help identify the source of a patient’s pain and are...

By Mourad M. Alsabbagh at DHR Health Transplant Institute At DHR Health Transplant Institute, the only adult kidney transplant center in the Rio Grande Valley,...