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One of the most deadly cancers also happens to be among the most preventable, and that’s why local health experts say getting screened early is so important.

By: Asif Zamir MD, FACG,AGAF,FACP. DHR Health Gastroenterology Institute Colorectal cancer is the third-most-diagnosed cancer in both men and women in the United States. The lifetime...

EDINBURG — Tears streamed down his face as he spoke about an ATV accident that nearly killed him. Jose Eduardo Altamirano Brown’s mouth quivered as he thanked the DHR Health doctors and other healthcare staff who helped save his life with the use of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO program.

By: Murthy Badiga, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF DHR Health Gastroenterology Institute Having performed well over 50,000 colonoscopies in my career, I have heard pretty much...

By: Henry R. Herrera Jr., MD DHR Health Gastroenterology Institute Colon cancer refers to cancer in the large intestine. It is the third most diagnosed cancer...

Andrew Peralez was, as his mom described him, an excellent son, student and friend who often gave back to his community and church.

The American Migraine Foundation’s latest data shows that of the 8.1 billion people in the world at least 148 million suffer from chronic migraines.

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...

About 5.4% of the population of the Rio Grande Valley have some type of diabetes. That’s around 76,000 out of 1.4 million people, the Valley’s population as of the 2022 U.S. Census. An average of 3 in 5 of them require hospital or ER services, according to Rio Grande Regional Hospital; and research by Johns Hopkins Medicine has previously found that 54% of amputations are as a result of diseases that affect blood flow, like diabetes.

Apart from just two specialty surgeries, local patients will no longer have to travel to Corpus Christi for care once the new Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley opens its doors. And that time is coming soon.