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Awareness is a Step Toward Child Abuse Prevention

  • By Beth Phillips
  • April 21, 2012

Abuse can be physical, emotional, sexual or stem from the neglect of a child's most basic needs.

Books: Just What the Doctor Ordered

  • By Steve Pair
  • April 19, 2012

Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo has partnered with Reach Out and Read to promote early literacy and prepare children for school.

Students Take First Place at National Competition

  • By Beth Phillips
  • April 18, 2012

The team demonstrated their ability to work together to build a better health care system.

Safety First: Event Offers Help to Children on Wheels

  • By Lisa Ruley
  • April 17, 2012

El Paso medical students host health fair and bicycle helmet giveaway.

Occupational Therapy Isn't About Finding a Job

  • By Beth Phillips
  • April 10, 2012

Occupational therapy faculty and students clear up misunderstandings and spread the word about their chosen profession.

Physical Therapy Helps Amputees Lead Fuller Lives

  • By Beth Phillips
  • April 09, 2012

Local and regional orthotists and prosthetists recently introduced students to new techniques and devices.

Medical Students' Service Project Hits Home

  • By Lisa Ruley
  • April 05, 2012

The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Class of 2012 brings joy to victims of domestic abuse through shelter makeover.

School of Medicine Names Dean's Distinguished Awards

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • April 02, 2012

Physicians were honored for outstanding dedication, service and achievement.

School of Nursing Receives Rural Health Endowment

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  • March 28, 2012

The gift will be used to determine how to implement better health disparities research and deliver innovative patient care in West Texas.

What to Do When Caring Hurts

  • By Beth Phillips
  • March 26, 2012

Compassion fatigue can be a crippling condition for caregivers in a variety of settings.

To the Core: Not Your Average Microscope

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 21, 2012

Lubbock is now home to one of Texas' three state-of-the-art Image Analysis Core Facilities.

Give the Gift of Life with Organ Donation

  • By Lisa Ruley
  • March 14, 2012

The selfless act of an organ donor saved one El Paso staff member's life and she encourages others to do the same.

Break the Binge Trend this Spring

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 07, 2012

High alcohol use can lead to negative health consequences, even if you're not a long-term alcoholic.

New Flu Vaccine to Offer Better Protection

  • By Steve Pair
  • March 06, 2012

Under recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration, the new vaccine will protect against four strains of the virus.

Delicious and Nutritious: Grant to Help Create a Health Conscious Community

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 29, 2012

More than $50,000 from the Texas Department of State Health Services will be used to provide the Lubbock community with tools needed to get healthy.

Let's Talk About Sex

  • By Steve Pair
  • February 27, 2012

Sexual activity and STDs are on the rise in senior citizens and college students.

Sister Act: Scholarships Propel Sisters' Nursing Careers

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  • February 24, 2012

School of Nursing donors were honored during an annual Donor Appreciation Luncheon.

Polio Vaccine Demonstrates Importance of Immunization

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 23, 2012

Nearly 60 years after the first polio vaccines were administered, the once devastating disease has been virtually eliminated from western countries.

What's Your Poison?

  • By Lisa Ruley
  • February 22, 2012

The West Texas Regional Poison Center raises awareness and promotes poison prevention among 36 counties.

Man Up Against Testicular Cancer

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 21, 2012

PC Support Unit Manager Jason Morton's testicular cancer diagnosis nearly three years ago changed his life and encouraged him to spread awareness through Single Jingles.

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