Posted on: April 28th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Health ] [ Texas ]
Tags: border, Doctor, university of texas
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Residents in South Texas experience higher rates of certain communicable and chronic diseases and other health conditions than the rest of the state and the nation, according to a recent report, the McAllen Monitor reports (McEver, McAllen Monitor, 4/22). The region, located near the Mexican border, is about 80% Hispanic and is “marked by several urban centers and a large swath of rural counties with few doctors or health clinics,” according to the San Antonio Express-News. The 147-page report was authored by Amelie Ramirez of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Tumiel, San Antonio Express-News, 4/22). “*
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