New guidelines for treating childhood obesity have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for the first time in 15 years. The current obesity epidemic has already prompted the CDC...
Nurse Creates Violence Prevention Training
Hospital workers have reportedly seen an increase in instances of workplace violence, leading some healthcare professionals to found a group dedicated to raising awareness about the issue. Sandra...
State AGs Urge CDC to Reverse COVID Vaccine School Guidance
(The Center Square) — Attorneys general in a dozen states are urging the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to reverse course on recommendations to include...
Study: Stress Exacerbates ‘Long COVID’
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors have observed not just physical symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 but also neuropsychiatric ailments, such as severe fatigue, delirium, sleep disorders,...
Addiction Drug Could Help Relieve Long COVID Symptoms
After suffering for over two years under "a thick, foggy cloud," 34-year-old logistics expert, Lauren Nichols, can finally "think clearly" thanks to a low-dose prescription of naltrexone, typically...
Doctors Protest McDonald’s in Local Hospital
A group of doctors and other medical professionals from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) picketed outside the John Peter Smith (JPS) Fort Worth Hospital in protest of a...
Study: Under Five Hours of Sleep Harms Health
A new study published in PLOS Medicine — a peer-reviewed weekly medical journal — on Tuesday reveals older individuals obtaining inadequate sleep have an increased risk of developing numerous...
Researchers Hope to Repurpose COVID-19 Vaccine for Cancer
The co-founders of BioNTech, Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci believe vaccines targeting cancer could be available before the decade is out. The husband and wife duo think the same messenger RNA (mRNA)...
Why Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets
Some people may be more prone to mosquito bites after all. In a newly published paper in the journal Cell, researchers discovered that certain compounds on the skin determine our attractiveness to...
Gates Foundation Pledges $1.2B to Eradicate Polio
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $1.2 billion to the endeavor to end polio across the globe. The announcement at the World Health Summit in Berlin on Sunday marks the foundation's...
Allergy Medications May Exacerbate Opioid Overdoses
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a study last week in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealing that nearly one in five overdose deaths show...
Local Breast Cancer Survivor Credits Advertisement
A North Texas woman says that a newspaper advertisement for a mobile breast cancer screening clinic helped to save her life. Frances Ruiz said that the ad caught her attention since it was an offer...
Study: 42% of COVID Infections Result in ‘Long COVID’
Even months after contracting COVID-19, many individuals report not having fully recovered. A study conducted by the University of Glasgow and published in Nature Communications revealed that 6% of...
Hair-Straightening Chemicals Linked to Uterine Cancer
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on Monday suggested that hair-straightening products may contain hazardous chemicals linked to a higher risk of uterine cancer — the...
Early RSV Spike Fills Local Children’s Hospital
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a respiratory virus among infants and the elderly, and while cases of infection generally rise beginning in December each year, North Texas saw a spike in cases...
Biden Extends COVID Emergency Declaration Despite September ‘Pandemic is Over’ Remark
The Biden administration announced an extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration last week. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the emergency declaration...
RSV Cases Surging in Children Nationwide
Doctors are warning of increased respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases among children and infants. RSV is a common seasonal virus that causes cold-like symptoms but can cause serious illness in...
Abbott Nutrition Announces Another Baby Formula Recall
Abbott Nutrition is recalling certain lots of its ready-to-feed liquid baby formula products, including several under its Similac brand, due to faulty bottle caps that may cause spoilage, the...
Study Finds Link Between Weight Gain and Air Pollution Exposure
Obesity plagues the U.S., and especially Texas. 252 of 254 counties in the state showed a significant increase in obesity within their populations over the last ten years. Moreover, nearly 33% of...
40th Anniversary Sunrider Convention Convened in Dallas
A convention to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a global health and wellness direct sales company, Sunrider International, was held at the Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel, according to a Sunrider...
Who’s Footing the Bill for Rising Healthcare Costs?
Last week, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Texas — the state's largest insurer — and an alliance representing Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center — the region's largest...
By Mary Dada | Oct 15, 2022
