For many Borderplex cancer warriors, stories of grueling cross-state trips to Houston for treatment are common. Now, a federal grant will help Texas Tech Health El Paso care for patients closer to home while boosting research to reduce the disease’s disparate impact on the region.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is offering free tax filing assistance at Texas Tech Health El Paso for taxpayers who earn $85,000 or less.

This week's topics include sleep in adolescents, GLP1s in different people, predicting Alzheimer's onset, and screening for colorectal cancer and potential harms.

The only fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon within 200 miles is seeing patients at Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso and training the next generation of surgeons at Texas Tech Health El Paso.

This week's topics include COVID-19 vaccination and preeclampsia, HIV injection medicines, monkeypox treatment, and menstrual blood for HPV testing.

Texas Tech Health El Paso President Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., told a campus audience on Tuesday, Feb. 17 that heart disease remains the most common cause of death locally and nationally — and that much of the risk is preventable. The two-hour educational session and Q&A for community members was billed as a “Heart-to-Heart With Dr. Richard Lange.”

For El Paso surgeon Vernon Burke, sending one El Paso child hundreds of miles for specialized oral surgery is too many.

The HIPPA Privacy policies HPP 1.2, 1.4, 3.1 and 3.2 were revised on January 27, 2026.

This week's topics include benefits of accountable care organizations, HT and mortality, accessibility of dialysis in the US and cannabis use and mental health disorders in adolescents.

To mark National Cancer Prevention Month, Texas Tech Health El Paso is highlighting the importance of early cancer detection, patient advocacy and equitable access to care through the story of breast cancer survivor Nicole Walls.

This week's topics include patient views of statin therapy, MRI of shoulders, a planetary health diet, and food prescriptions in people with diabetes.

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