Journal publisher Sage Publications has retracted three articles that analyzed datasets and concluded the abortion drug mifepristone was harmful. All three of the articles appeared in the journal...
MedStar to Take Children with Medical Conditions Trick-or-Treating
The healthcare organization MedStar has announced that it plans to treat some kids to a wholesome Halloween experience this year. Aside from the services it regularly offers, Medstar has been...
By Mary Dada | Oct 26, 2022
Neurofeedback: Brain Training That Builds Neuroplasticity
Neurofeedback therapy helps train the brain to respond differently and is considered a natural way to treat and reduce symptoms of various ailments. Neurofeedback utilizes a computer-based program...
Texas Rejects Mandatory COVID Vaccines for School Children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)โs advisory committee unanimously voted Thursday to add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of recommended immunizations for children for 2023. The...
Dry Shampoos Voluntarily Recalled Due to Carcinogens
The Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall for select dry shampoo products due to high levels of benzene, a human carcinogen. This includes aerosol products from...
New Clinic Comes to Red Bird Mall
The Red Bird Mall is now occupied by the Parkland Hospital branch calledย the Parkland Charles Victor Roman Clinic. The new clinic is named after African American medical practitioner Dr. Charles...
Exercise Bolsters Immune Response to COVID-19
Research out of China and published in the science journal PLOS ONE supports the idea that physical activity can help improve the bodyโs immune system response to COVID-19. The paper showed regions...
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) โ Attorneys general in a dozen states are urging the Centers for Disease Control's Advisoryย Committeeย 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 โ a peer-reviewed weekly medical journal โ 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, Uฤur ลahin and รzlem Tรผreci 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 โ 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...