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Dallas Nurse Advocates Gaining Advanced Degrees To Boost Careers

Heather Densmore believes advanced education helps prospective candidates stand out.

2013/05/13

Three Recipients Thank Family Of Organ Donor

Three people whose lives were changed forever by a lifesaving gift got to say thank you to their donor’s family Saturday.

2013/03/02

New Guidelines For Kids And Ear Infections

Ear infections in children are so common that Baylor pediatrician Dr. Marjorie Milici lightheartedly calls them the “bread and butter of pediatrics.”

2013/02/25

Doctors Collaborating On New Research At Dallas Cancer Symposium

They are two words that sound good together: cancer and vaccine.

2013/01/24

Baylor Cancer Hospital (Photo credit Steve Pickett, CBS 11 News)

Baylor To Pay $907K In Health Claims Settlement

Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Health Care System and HealthTexas Provider Network will pay $907,000 to settle allegations of submitting false claims to the government.

2012/11/27

New test for amyloid plaque could hep with Alzheimer's research. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

Breakthrough Plaque Test Could Help With Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease often goes undiagnosed for years, and that means treatment is started too late. But, a new test now available in North Texas could change that.

2012/07/20

A view of a close up of a lung x-ray of a cigarette smoker. (credit: American Cancer Society via Getty Images)

North Texas Lung Transplant Patient Making History

Michael Young of Grand Prairie never set out to make medical history. The 59-year-old simply made it a point to take care of himself, follow his doctors’ orders and diligently adhere to his medication. In June, Young will become one of a small group of lung transplant patients who have survives 20 years past their surgery.

2012/04/18