National Influenza Vaccination Week: What are the signs of the flu and is...
By Dr. Marissa Gomez-Martinez, DHR Health Edinburg CISD School Based Health Center
What are the signs and symptoms of the flu? The symptoms of...
What can I do to reduce my risk of stroke?
By: R. Alejandro Cruz, MD
Neuroscience Institute
When we talk about the risk of having a stroke, we divide these risks in modifiable risk factors and...
What is Osteoarthritis and what are the symptoms?
Dr. Carissa Kirk
DHR Health Orthopedic Institute
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease and a major cause of pain and disability in adult...
My Blood Calcium Level is Elevated, What Does That Mean?
By: Samuel K Snyder, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief of Endocrine Surgery, DHR Diabetes and Endocrinology Institute
If this test result has occurred outside the hospital through your...
What is scoliosis?
By: Dr. Jorge Escobedo
Scoliosis is a three-dimensional curvature of the spine that occurs most often during or shortly after puberty affecting girls at a...
Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer
By: Dr. Lisa Chapa
DHR Health Breast Center of Excellence
When I sit down with patients who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, one of...
When should I start getting screened for a Mammogram and are they painful?
By: Dr. Gholam Kiani
DHR Health Women’s Hospital
According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a woman is newly diagnosed with breast cancer every 2 minutes....
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and are there treatment options?
By: Gaudencio Olgin, MD
Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgeon
Robotics Program Medical Director at DHR Health
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men,...
When should I start getting screened for prostate cancer?
By: Dr. Alexander Feigl
The challenge in prostate cancer is the identification of those cancers that are more aggressive. How to screen for prostate cancer...
Ovarian Cancer: What are the symptoms and risk factors?
By: Lyuba Levine, MD
DHR Health Women’s Institute
Ovarian cancer is when abnormal cells in the ovary begin to multiply out of control and form...