A new study has linked microplastics and nanoplastics in the body to a heightened risk of heart attacks, strokes, and more. Italian researchers from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli...
Ibuprofen May Worsen Arthritis over Time
A new study prepared for the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) suggested that taking popular anti-inflammatory pain relievers like ibuprofen and naproxen for...
Red Meat Not Related to Health Issues, Study Suggests
Researchers from the University of Washington are pushing back against the prevailing belief that red meat consumption is linked to health conditions like cancer and heart disease. The medical...
New Vaccine Could Prevent Fentanyl Overdose
Researchers claim they developed a vaccine that could block the effects of fentanyl. It has only been tested on rats, but the results look promising. According to the study, the experimental vaccine...
Retired Firefighter Creates Organization to Help First Responders
Ray Schufford served as a firefighter forย Dallas Fire-Rescue for nearly 25 years. But in February 2017, he was promoted to the Chaplain position. This, he said, was his calling. I felt like God was...
Dental Health May Affect Mental Health
While battling the holiday blues, dental hygienists and psychologists suggest focusing on dental health to improve mental health. โWhen your oral health is suffering, it can decrease the quality of...
Proust Phenomenon | Time Travel, Memory and Food
Does a forkful of peach cobbler send you straight back to Sundays at grandma's? Do you recall your first date at the movies when you catch a whiff of buttered popcorn? A recent British study...
A Parent’s Guide to Type 1 Diabetes
According to the American Diabetes Association, over 34 million Americans suffer from diabetes. In Texas, as of 2021, roughly 2.7 million individuals were diagnosed with the condition, more than one...
Researchers Create Molecule That Kills Cancer Cells
Researchers from two North Texas universities who created a molecule that kills a spectrum of hard-to-treat cancers, including an aggressive form of breast cancer, published their work in Nature...
Study | Patients Recall Near-Death After CPR
A study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine claims that one in five people who survive CPR is able to recall the experience despite being unconscious. After observing the...
Moderna, Pfizer Studying Vaccine Myocarditis Risk
Pfizer and Moderna have begun studying the prevalence of myocarditis in young men following COVID-19 vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration issued Moderna a license to manufacture, sell, and...
Transfusions with Lab-Grown Blood Given for First Time
For the first time in history, artificial human blood manufactured from scratch in a laboratory is being used in human trials to test the new technology's viability and durability. Over the next few...
These Healthy Foods Boost Brain Power
What we eat impacts much more than our body weight, for our diets influence our energy levels, risk of disease, digestion, and much more. The food we consume can even change how our brains perform....
H-E-B Recalls Tyson Ground Beef over ‘Mirror-Like’ Material
H-E-B has recalled nearlyย 94,000 pounds of Hill Country Fare (HCF) and Tyson-branded ground beef products over concerns of possible foreign matter contamination. โTyson Fresh Meats, Inc., an...
Researchers Link Diabetes to Heightened Risk of Dementia
As previouslyย reportedย inย Theย Dallas Express, cases of dementia are on the rise in the United States, partly due to gains in American longevity, but gains in the nation's waistline could also be a...
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...