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Protecting your practice from cyber fraud has never been more important to the security of your business and your patients. There is a misconception that fraud attempts only affect larger corporations, but the reality is fraud happens every day to businesses of all sizes, including medical practices.

As a community, we are making progress in dealing with teen pregnancy, but we have a long way to go. Teen pregnancy and childbearing among adolescents is a complex problem that is closely linked to many critical issues, including educational failure, risky behavior, poor health, poverty and single parenthood. Those at risk include not only the babies and the mothers, but also the fathers, the families and the whole community.

Southwest General Hospital looks for ways to promote community health. Its AngioScreen assessment program takes cardiovascular checkups to businesses and neighborhoods throughout south Texas.

The Texas Medical Board (TMB) periodically alters the board rules and regulations. Recently, there was a smorgasbord of changes.

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After surgery, hip and knee replacement patients at the joint academies of Northeast Methodist Hospital and Methodist Texsan Hospital are determined to get out of bed and on their feet, to make their way down the hall as well as any of their fellow patients in their joint academy. And that’s just the beginning.

Protecting yourself from fraud and embezzlement has never been more important to the health of your medical practice. In recent years, the uncertain economy and rapid advancements in technology have led seasoned criminals and first-time embezzlers to find new opportunities to commit fraud.

As the April opening of University Hospital’s Sky Tower heralds the end of its nearly decade-long Capital Improvement Program, University Health System is positioned to lead south Texas into the new healthcare era.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS), defined by a group of symptoms that together raise the risk of heart disease, diabetes, liver disease and stroke, is becoming a health issue of increasing concern. MetS is tied closely to body weight, so as we see the rate of obesity rising, this syndrome is becoming more and more common. The American Heart Association estimates that 35 percent of U.S. adults have MetS.