In an effort to provide residents with easy access to life-saving resources, one local municipality has added additional emergency care items to its automated external defibrillator boxes located in...
Heart Attack Deaths Surged During Pandemic
Instances of death from myocardial infarctions, better known as heart attacks, jumped substantially in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing some medical experts to question...
$92M Renovation, Expansion of Local Hospital Underway
The Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is set to double in size following a substantial renovation, scheduled to be completed by next summer. The hospital will see its emergency department expanded, the...
State Health Officials Warn Residents About Early Flu Season
This year's flu season, thus far, has proven to be the worst in a decade, NBC 5 News reported. Flu season started a few weeks earlier than usual this year and is hitting Texas particularly hard. The...
Could North Texas Soon Face Dengue Fever?
The spread of tropical diseases, such as dengue fever, could accelerate if climate-related weather events worsen, according to simulations run by a team at the London School Of Hygiene and Tropical...
Alcohol May Raise Stroke Risk in Young Adults
A new study that analyzed adults in their 20s and 30s pointed to a concerning link between alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke. The study, published earlier this month in Neurology, looked at...
Medical Professionals Skeptical of At-Home Ketamine Prescriptions, Usage
Medical practitioners are raising concerns over start-ups prescribing generic ketamine online. "It just boggles my brain," Leslie Hill, wife of Dr. Jerron C. Hill and front desk manager of Ketamine...
Researchers Consider Autism Brain Gene Expression Reversal Benefits
A new study published in Nature has discovered that the changes in the brain associated with autism are far more wide-reaching than experts previously believed. The brain is now understood to...
Marital Stress Causing Real Heartache
New research is shedding light on the role of marital stress during recovery following a heart attack. According to the study, individuals with “severe stress levels” experienced lower physical and...
New Local Campus to Ease Nursing Shortage
In response to a forecasted need for nurses in Texas, the Hospital Corporation of America, the parent company of Medical City Healthcare, is aiming to attract new students to the profession by...
New Insight Into the Aging Brain
Researchers from the Salk Institute and the University of California San Diego have identified a new factor contributing to the aging process, paving the way for advancements in treating...
Study Suggests Link Between Caffeine Consumption and Height
While doctors have previously recommended that pregnant women limit caffeine consumption, a new study suggests that even smaller amounts of caffeine may affect the developing fetus. The study,...
Short Bursts of Intense Movement Boost Longevity
Studies show encouraging news for people with little time in their day for long bouts of exercise. According to two papers published in the European Heart Journal, short bursts of high-intensity...
Preventative Health Clinic Opens in Dallas
When illness and disease are caught and diagnosed early, people can avoid or mitigate long-term issues that may require ongoing treatment and reduce longevity and quality of life. To that end,...
Study Links Highly Processed Foods to Premature Death
Highly processed foods, like pizza, sugar-sweetened beverages, and ice cream, contribute to premature death, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on November...
CDC Loosens Opioid Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued new opioid prescription guidelines for pain patients. Some physicians welcome the change, while others are wary about prescribing...
Can IPAs Help Prevent Alzheimer’s?
Researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, have discovered that hoppy beers may help prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). While no single cause has been...
Deli Products Poison 16, Killing One
At least 16 people have become sick, leading to one death, after the consumption of meat and cheese contaminated with listeria in several U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Dallas Cardiologist’s Certifications Threatened over Views on COVID Vaccine
Dr. Peter McCullough, a Dallas-based cardiologist with over 1,000 publications and more than 600 citations in the National Library of Medicine, is facing the possibility of his certifications being...
Study Links Artificial Sweeteners to Heart Disease
Artificial sweeteners have often been used as a tool for those struggling with their weight to help shed a few pounds. However, emerging evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners may be linked to...
Transgender Chest Surgeries for Minors Soar
Over a recent three-year period, chest reconstruction surgeries, or "top surgeries," performed on minors surged by nearly 400%. In a recently published paper in the Journal of the American Medical...
