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New Treatment Options for Nasal Valve Collapse

New Treatment Options for Nasal Valve Collapse

I will be adding an additional treatment option for nasal valve collapse at my practice – a minimally invasive implant from Stryker that helps to support the valve walls and improve patients’ breathing. Previously I have used cartilage grafts (batten grafts), which can change the appearance of the nose. This small implant, however, is hardly […]

Best of Luck to Katelyn!

Best of Luck to Katelyn!

We have exciting news about one of our Medical Assistants, Katelyn Martinez Hogg. She has decided to further her career in healthcare by accepting a position with the Connally Memorial Medical Center Marketing Department as Marketing Associate! She has been with us since we opened our doors here in Floresville and has been instrumental in […]

Cancer Destroying Injections – Most Interesting Studies of 2018

It is undoubtedly exciting to discover an early diagnosis tool such as the CancerSEEK blood test that could give physicians and their patients just the edge they need to treat cancer early on, potentially improving outcomes. It is just as exciting, however, to learn of the cancer destroying injections that the Stanford University School of […]

The Fight Against Cancer – Interesting Medical Studies of 2018

The Fight Against Cancer – Interesting Medical Studies of 2018

Continuing from where I left off on the previous post, 2018 was definitely an interesting year for the medical research world. While research on the intermittent fasting diets might leave me wanting more substantial findings, I thought that the information from Johns Hopkins on their new CancerSEEK blood test was an exciting development in the […]

My Trip to Harvard for the Surgery of the Thyroid/Parathyroid Glands Course

Over the weekend, I was able to attend a revolutionary class in Boston at the Harvard School of Medicine discussing the ways we can use genetics and improved ultrasound diagnostics to reduce the number of patients that must undergo surgery for suspected thyroid cancer. These techniques may also reduce the risk of complications of surgery. […]

CDC: More than half of food Americans buy contains more than recommended amount of salt.

CDC: More than half of food Americans buy contains more than recommended amount of salt.

Article found in the American Medical Association’s Morning Rounds newsletter.  The Washington Post (4/3, Bernstein) “To Your Health” blog reports that “more than half of” the food Americans “buy contains more than the recommended amount of salt for each serving” consumed. In the April issue of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, researchers from the CDC […]