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IMAGE: Dr. Shenghui Wu, faculty researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, led an analysis of bladder cancer incidence and five-year survival, comparing cases in South. view more
Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Bladder cancer is more aggressive and more advanced in South Texas residents than in many parts of the country, a study by the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, indicates.
The disease is also deadlier in Latinos and women, regardless of where they live nationwide, according to the research.
The team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), which includes the Mays Cancer Center, compared bladder cancer cases in the Texas Cancer Registry with cases in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. SEER, which collects data on cancer cases from various locations and sources across the U.S.,
The historic cold snap that has frozen Texas this week with brutal winter weather and brought snow all the way to beaches along the Gulf of Mexico is also
The cold snap that whipped across Texas this week brought snow all the way to beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. It is also bringing headaches for citrus growers at the southern tip of the…
Casa San Ysidro in Corrales.
Bolstered by an array of late 19th century collections, Casa San Ysidro will offer its free programs online beginning Saturday, Feb. 13.
In the early 1950s, Shirley and Ward Alan Minge turned the old Corrales building into a plazuela-style rancho to house their collection of New Mexico vernacular art.
Casa San Ysidro opened to the public for the season on Feb. 1, with COVID-safe tours and online public programs.
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The seasonal lineup includes talks about Abraham Lincoln’s influence on territorial New Mexico, the restoration of bultos and Native American language revitalization in New Mexico.
The entrance to Casa San Ysidro.
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As Texas lawmakers prepare to redraw political district maps with new census population data, some community leaders of the Rio Grande Valley fear they will get the short end of the stick.
During a Texas Senate redistricting committee hearing on Tuesday, Valley officials raised concerns about the possibility that the region, already deemed underserved, will lose out on resources because of undercounting in the 2020 census.
The census, a count of people living in the U.S. completed every decade, is used to determine government funding and congressional seats. It also serves as the basis for federal, state and local political districts, State Demographer Lloyd Potter explained at the hearing, which focused on the Rio Grande Valley.