CATES: Permian Basin Honor Flight supports veterans
By Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Odessa Regional Medical Center
Sometimes coming up with a topic to write about every week is really...
Allergy season arrived early in US. Here’s how to keep pollen from ruining your...
By DEVI SHASTRI
AP Health Writer
Allergy season is here — and it's earlier and stronger than expected.
More than 80 million Americans deal with itchy...
Texas Alzheimer’s, dementia caregivers face challenges
The burden of Alzheimer’s and other dementias weighs heavily on Texas family caregivers and those across the country, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 2024...
Midland Health Department presents Health Fair
MIDLAND The Midland Health Department will present a Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 6 at the Beal Ranch House,...
TONI SAYS: Is there a new plastic Medicare card?
By Toni King
Toni:
I am concerned about a phone call I received yesterday from a representative with Medicare asking all types of personal questions and...
NICU ventilators address critical need
Thanks to funding from the Children’s Miracle Network, Medical Center Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit will receive an additional six ventilators for its smallest...
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban...
By MATTHEW DALY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used...
A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must...
By DEVNA BOSE
AP Health Writer
As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the...
Why COVID patients who could most benefit from paxlovid still aren’t getting it
By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a...
Another dangerous amoeba has been linked to neti pots and nasal rinsing. Here’s what...
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba...