Tag: Health
Commentary: A Father’s Day reminder to embrace health for the sake of our families
Harlingen, Brownsville doctors using AI as crucial role in stroke treatment
HARLINGEN — Time is money.
Hazy days: Valley’s air quality much worse than larger metropolitan cities
It's no secret that the Rio Grande Valley's air quality hasn't been the best recently. But did you know that even Los Angeles and New York City, where smog was once synonymous with their skylines, have better air quality than South Texas.
‘New era of hope’: Medication treating early-onset Alzheimer’s now in Valley
DHR Health can now administer a new Alzheimer's medication that is used to target one of the fundamental pathogens that leads to the disease.
Cornyn speaks in favor of Driscoll competing for RGV insurance contracts
EDINBURG — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, spoke favorably Thursday of the Driscoll Health Plan during a tour of its new children's hospital here, which he praised for bringing children's health care to residents who would otherwise need to travel outside the region for such care.
Valley physicians observe stroke awareness month by informing the public
HARLINGEN — Strokes affect women differently from men because of varying hormones at different ages.
Valley’s demand for mental health care ever-growing
With 1 in 4 people at some point in their lifetime dealing with mental illness, it's no wonder why Tropical Texas Behavioral Health has increased the size of its workforce by 650% over the years to meet a rapidly growing demand in the Rio Grande Valley.
Legislators challenge state’s ‘damaging’ decision impacting low-income health plans
State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa along with 19 fellow South Texas legislators have penned a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott expressing concerns about the Driscoll Health Plan (DHP) potentially being replaced with a for-profit entity, which they fear would adversely impact low-income residents in the region and jeopardize nearly 500 jobs.
Lt. Gov. Patrick: Driscoll’s new RGV children’s hospital ‘an answer to prayer’
EDINBURG — As Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley prepares to open its doors in May, hospital officials have been giving tours of the facility including Saturday, when Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was in town to see what's being hailed as a new state-of-the-art pediatric institution that the region has sorely needed.
Valley hospitals raising organ donation awareness as waiting list grows
According to data from Donate Life America and the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration, as many as 17 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant while there are still 103,223 people who are currently on the national transplant waiting list, and a person is added every eight minutes.