Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, is a popular medication used to treat Type 2 diabetes or obesity and can help patients lose weight, but it is not recommended for everyone.
Retinopathy, or a loss of clear vision, can happen without diabetes, but diabetes greatly increases your risk of developing the condition and is the leading cause of blindness.
Rufino Salinas suspected that he had a heart attack when he had chest pain that wouldn’t go away. The heart team at University Health recommended a treatment plan that included the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure.
After aging out of the pediatric hospital in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Morgan transferred to the University Health Adult Congenital Heart Center under the care of Dr. Pankaj Madan.
