Category Archives: Doctors

Dr. Gutierrez weighs in on National Youth Violence Prevention Week

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Nina

Today, our own Dr. Gutier­rez takes a look at National Youth Vio­lence Pre­ven­tion Week.   As spring break ends and most stu­dents reluc­tantly return to class, the very seri­ous sub­ject of youth vio­lence will be one of the top­ics at the fore­front. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Your amaaaaaaaaazing kidneys!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Nina

Ask not what your kid­neys can do for you, but what you can do for your kid­neys? It’s World Kid­ney Day and that means it’s time to learn a lit­tle more about what your kid­neys do and why they’re so … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Breast Cancer is Not Just for Women

Posted on October 25, 2012 by lratner

My grand­mother always bugged my dad for grand­chil­dren, telling him to get mar­ried soon so she could have babies around to spoil. But when he was a junior in col­lege she was diag­nosed with breast can­cer. “For­get about wait­ing until … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dashed Hopes: When Pregnancy Ends in Miscarriage

Posted on September 28, 2012 by lratner

Linda Rat­ner RN, CMPE I was healthy and rel­a­tively young by today’s stan­dards (30).  The first trimester of my preg­nancy went well and seemed very easy.  I adjusted to the minor aches and pains and life went on.  At my first … Con­tinue read­ing →

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PAPERWORK!

Posted on August 12, 2012 by lratner

  At Impact Urgent Care (IUC), we ask all of our patients to fill out a one ques­tion sur­vey called the Net Pro­moter Score.  It sim­ply asks, “on a scale of 1–10 how likely are you to rec­om­mend us to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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WEST NILE VIRUS IN SAN ANTONIO

Posted on August 10, 2012 by lratner

Evan Rat­ner MD A case of West Nile Virus has been con­firmed in the San Anto­nio region.  It sounds scary, but let’s get some of the facts about it straight.  Infec­tion occurs from the bite of an infected mos­quito.  It can­not … Con­tinue read­ing →

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AGE SPOTS!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by lratner

  Also known as sunspots or lentig­ines (freck­els), are flat, brown dis­col­orations of the skin that usu­ally appear on the neck, face, and on the back of hands of peo­ple older than 40 years of age.  Age spots are caused … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Meet Dr. Ratner

Posted on January 25, 2012 by lratner

          1. Hands down, what’s the best part of being a doc­tor? When my kids make fun of me and call me a name, such as “loser” I get to respond, “That’s DR LOSER to you!” … Con­tinue read­ing →

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San Antonio Healthcare Hero Dr. Evan Ratner

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

Our Med­ical Direc­tor and Founder, Dr. Evan Ratner, was recently recon­g­nized as one of San Antonio’s 2011 Health­care Heroes. Last year, he was rec­og­nized as one of San Anto­nio Top Docs, this year he is a hero. What will he become next year?

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