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Dallas Sees Steady Job Growth Within Health Sector

The health sector in Dallas and the wider Dallas-Fort Worth area have seen strong job growth.

2013/04/29

A family doctor checks a patient's mouth and throat. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

330,000 Texas Addicts Newly Eligible For Treatment

The Affordable Care Act will make more than 330,000 Texans eligible for addiction treatment next year, but the state’s treatment centers are already at 92 percent of capacity, according to federal statistics.

2013/04/16

Mercy Ships Brings Care To Developing Countries

A group of incredible doctors and nurses are doing great work in developing countries, all aboard the Mercy Ships boat. Project founder Don Stephens talks about the program.

2013/02/18

An Intensive Care Unit patient is comforted by her daughter. (credit: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

No One Fix To Slow Hospital Readmission Epidemic

More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to

2013/02/10

Fewer Healthcare Options For Illegal Immigrants

For years, Sonia Limas dragged her daughters to the ER when they got sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and it was the only place that she knew to seek treatment.

2012/12/14

Texas Medicaid Recipients Call For Full Funding

A coalition of people who depend on Medicaid for their health care and jobs called on the Texas Legislature to fully fund the program when they meet next year.

2012/11/20

Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. Thousands of conservative activists are attending the annual gathering in the nation's capital. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Perry Calls For Repealing Health Care Reform Law

Gov. Rick Perry is calling for the repeal of the White House-backed federal health care reform law and urging Washington to stop trampling states’ rights.

2012/11/07

Vet’s Difficult Recovery Made Harder By VA Delays

Ray Queen was deployed to Iraq as a smiling Army infantryman. He returned with traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, a shoulder injury, tinnitus and infertility.

2012/10/24

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Family Planning Cut Having Negative Impact

Cynthia Wilson of Dallas didn’t walk through the doors of a Planned Parenthood clinic looking for contraception

2012/09/27

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) (Photo credit: akin.org)

Opinion: Akin’s Position On Rape And Abortion Is The GOP Platform

The basic fact is that Romney, Ryan and Republican’s are uncomfortable with a few of the words Congressman Akin used. They are not, however, uncomfortable with the policy position he was expressing. The record shows that they march in lockstep with Congressman Akin.

2012/08/21

Texas Lawmakers Consider Changes To Prison Care

Proposed cuts to the health care provided to Texas prisoners could make the system unconstitutionally inadequate, experts warned lawmakers Monday.

2012/07/10

A man smokes a cigarette outside of a no-smoking building. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Researchers: Vaccine May Treat Nicotine Addiction

Trying to quit smoking? It’s tough – studies suggest 70- to 80-percent of people who try to quit smoke within six months. That’s because nicotine is so addictive. Now a research team has announced that they’ve successfully tested a nicotine addiction vaccine.

2012/06/28