When should someone start checking their risk for heart disease? You might be surprised to learn that heart disease risk assessments should begin as early as age 20. Dr. Kit Powers recommends partnering with your primary care provider to monitor blood pressure and other health indicators during annual exams. Start by taking our heart risk assessment to better understand your individual risk.
This February, during Heart Month, take a moment to explore the resources available and learn about the risk factors for heart disease and high blood pressure.
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University Health is taking steps to address these community needs. We are implementing programs, delivering services and engaging in a variety of collaborative partnerships. To learn more about how we are investing resources to improve the health of our community, read our 2023 Implementation Strategy.
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The goal of the Stop the Bleed program is to help people like you learn how to prevent deaths from traumatic bleeding. Become empowered to save a life and sign up for training to ‘stop the bleed'.
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University Health will take out the shovels for the fourth time in six months to turn the first dirt for University Health Wheatley, a multi-specialty clinic on the East Side that will also be a second site for our Institute for Public Health.
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Read full articleOn Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 the San Antonio Express-News published the following commentary submitted by Dr. Holly Keyt, medical director for University Health Transplant Institute.
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