Methodist Healthcare, nonprofit boosting Medical Center presence

By Edmond Ortiz Methodist Healthcare aims to bolster its footprint in the South Texas Medical Center with the recent opening of a women’s services and midwifery clinic, while the organization’s nonprofit arm plans to develop a hotel to serve area patients, caretakers and medical employees. Midwifery services grow Methodist Hospital officials and staff gathered June…

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UTSA researcher warns of growing health risks as San Antonio heats up

By Jason Olivarri A 20-minute morning dog walk shouldn’t feel like a workout. But as San Antonio settles into another summer of triple-digit temperatures and heavy humidity, UT San Antonio researcher Jeffrey Howard says the health risks associated with extreme heat are increasing. A research team led by Howard, a public health professor, found that…

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Business Briefs: Painted Tree ex-merchants relocate downtown; 2 ventures launch in Leon Valley; West Side indoor market opens

By Edmond Ortiz This pre-summer edition of Business Briefs features 12 select businesses and healthcare practices that recently opened their doors downtown, near Shavano Park and UT San Antonio, and in Castle Hills, Cibolo, Boerne, Leon Valley, and the West and South sides. Some of those fledgling ventures include two small businesses that were forced…

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Methodist Healthcare expands women’s health services on Northeast Side

By Edmond Ortiz Methodist Healthcare is further enhancing women’s health offerings in the Northeast Side. What is happening Officials with the rebranded Methodist Physicians | Virtuosa Women’s Health – formerly Virtuosa GYN – announced the company’s transition in late May. They added that the clinic will continue to offer the same services with the same…

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Heart, lung care specialty center opens at Live Oak hospital

By Edmond Ortiz Methodist Hospital Northeast in Live Oak is now home to a facility where physicians specialize in cardiovascular care. What you should know Officials and physicians from Methodist Healthcare and city leaders gathered May 20 to mark the grand opening of the Methodist Heart and Lung Institute Northeast Specialty Center. The specialty center…

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Methodist Healthcare widens service in Medina Valley, launches midwifery clinic near downtown

By Edmond Ortiz Officials with Methodist Healthcare ended the month of April with two milestone events meant to expand healthcare access for Medina Valley-area residents, and advance midwifery.  Medina Valley emergency room Leaders from Methodist Healthcare gathered April 30 to celebrate the groundbreaking of Methodist ER | Medina Valley, a free-standing emergency room designed to…

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Biofest Days event reflects momentum in San Antonio’s bioscience industry

By Edmond Ortiz April means it is Fiesta season in San Antonio. But within San Antonio’s bioscience and healthcare communities, April also marks the return of an event designed to highlight industry capabilities, achievements and collaboration opportunities present locally and around the region. What is happening Biofest Days, organized by the nonprofit BioMedSA, has evolved…

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Business Briefs (Feb. 18): Midtown bookshop, nonprofits in Boerne and New Braunfels among new San Antonio-area ventures

By Edmond Ortiz The launches of a Midtown bookstore, healthcare clinics in Stone Oak, Live Oak and the South Side, boutiques in Garden Ridge and Leon Valley, and nonprofits in Boerne and New Braunfels are among the newest businesses and organizations to open in the San Antonio area. This new edition of Business Briefs also…

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