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Urology San Antonio Welcomes Physicians
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Methodist Stone Oak Hospital Sneak Peek
Event Discusses Cancer's Impact on Women
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Issue: #25

February/2009

Welcome!

To San Antonio's only online healthcare and bioscience community and to The HCB Newsletter, feeder publication to the S.A. HC+B website and the upcoming San Antonio Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine, www.hcbmagazine.com.
 
Right Brain Media is pleased to announce the Inaugural March/April (digital edition) launch of S.A. Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine to be known as S.A. HC+B Magazine.  This B2B publication will host an array of departments covering news and stories on local healthcare and bioscience business and people.
 
Dr. TolcherThe website and newsletter promise to be unique electronic compliments to the digital and printed magazine with upcoming enhancements meant to create an enjoyable multi-media experience. 
 
Look to future issues of The HCB Newsletter for an actual launch date and to learn more about the coming March/April 2009 issue.

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Melba Romero
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S.A. Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine
Partnership Brings Texas Cord Blood Bank to Houston
Dr. TolcherThe Texas Cord Blood Bank, San Antonio, TX - February 9, 2009
 
The Texas Cord Blood Bank (TCBB), a publicly and privately funded non-profit program established to create a public supply of umbilical cord blood, announced that a partnership between St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has already resulted in the collection of 300 cord blood units since November 2008. Full Story.
Urology San Antonio Welcomes Four Physicians; Fifth Doctor to Join This Fall
Urology San AntonioUrology San Antonio, San Antonio, TX - February 9, 2009

Urology San Antonio, the region's largest urology group, has welcomed the four physicians of Northside Urology Associates to its medical practice. The group also announced that it has recruited a fifth urologist who will join the practice later this year. With the addition of these new doctors, Urology San Antonio now has 27 urologists. Full Story.
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital Invites The Public To Sneak Peek Community Health Fair And Tour On Valentine's Day
MethodistMethodist Health Care, San Antonio, TX - February 9, 2009

As a special Valentine's Day treat for the community, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital is conducting sneak peek tours of the new hospital and a community health fair from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 14. Self-guided tours will include a free health screening (optional) and free activities in various departments throughout the facility. Full Story.
Event Discusses Cancer's Impact On Women's Lives
Woman to WomanThe University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX - February 4, 2009
 
Woman to Woman, an annual symposium sponsored by the Cancer Center Council, brings women and health experts together to discuss topical cancer issues. Twenty-one local organizations, including the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, participate in the event as partners or underwriters. Full Story.
Cutting for Stone, A Reading by Abraham Verghese - Reception & Signing
Abraham VergheseUTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX - February 9, 2009
 
Abraham Verghese, MD, will read from his most recent book and first novel, Cutting for Stone, an epic story that brings alive the land of his birth, Ethiopia, through the eye of a keen observer with a deep love for this vast and beautiful country. Through his human and very fallible characters in vastly different medical environments across two continents, Verghese tells a vivid saga of healing and heartbreak in a love story that drives every event in the book. Full Story.