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Medicare Fraud Suspect To Appear In Dallas Court

Dr. Jacques Roy will be in court on Monday, asking to be released from jail. Roy is said to be the ringleader of the nation’s largest Medicare fraud.

2012/03/05

Millions Now Manage Aging Parents’ Care From Afar

As lifespans lengthen and the number of seniors rapidly grows, more Americans find themselves in the perilous position of struggling to care for an ailing loved one from hundreds or thousands of miles away.

2012/01/26

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Sex Poses Surprisingly Low Risk To Heart Patients

Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you’re healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.

2012/01/20

A physician poses with a stethoscope. (credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Telling Your Doctor That You Want A Second Opinion

Confirming a diagnosis can sometimes make a big difference. But telling your doctor that you want a second opinion can be uncomfortable.

2012/01/19

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Doctor Who Treated JFK In ER After Shooting Dies

An anesthesiologist who attached a heart monitor to President John F. Kennedy in a Dallas hospital’s emergency room and interviewed wounded Texas Gov. John Connally for surgery has died. Dr. Adolph H. “Buddy” Giesecke Jr. was 79.

2012/01/02

A woman blows her nose. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Do You Have A Cold, Or Is It The Flu?

2011/12/06

Medicare Back On The Brink Over Cuts To Doctors

Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, doctors will again face steep Medicare cuts that threaten to undermine health care for millions of seniors and disabled people.

2011/11/28

A nurse gives a girl a shot. (credit: George Frey/Getty Images)

More Docs Turning Away Unvaccinated Patients

No shot, no service. It sounds extreme, but that’s how far some doctors are going to protect some of their patients. A growing number of physicians are standing up to families who decide not to get vaccines.

2011/11/04

A doctor checks a patient's throat. (credit: Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images)

Cases Of Adult Strep Throat On The Rise

More adults appear to be getting sick with a bacterium that commonly attacks children – strep throat.

2011/11/02

New Texas Law Bans Anonymous Complaints About Docs

A law that took effect this month bars the Texas Medical Board from considering complaints against doctors if they come from anonymous sources.

2011/09/20

A child receives an immunization shot at a clinic hosted by the Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant County. (credit: KRLD NewsRadio 1080/Chuck Schechner)

Lines Back Up For Last Minute School Immunizations

Scores of North Texas parents are rushing to get their kids immunized before school starts. The last minute push was evident at a Tarrant County immunization clinic on Monday.

2011/08/08

Waiting Patients Get Paid By Some North Texas Doctors

How often have you showed up for a doctor or dentist appointment and waited, and waited, and waited? Now it seems the tables are turning and some patients are getting paid to wait for their doctors if the physicians don’t stay on schedule.

2011/07/21

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