Baylor Announces Alliance with Cleveland Clinic By Susan Schrock for the Star-Telegram DALLAS – Baylor Scott & White Health announced a new alliance Thursday with one of the country’s top heart hospitals, a move officials say will advance medical research, help shorten transplant waiting lists and make quality care more accessible and affordable for Texas and… Continue reading Baylor Announces Alliance with Cleveland Clinic

By Jenna Chandler for the Orange County Register Nansea Gratz pulled off her fleece beanie, the kind with little ears, revealing wisps of gray hair on an otherwise bald head. She removed her fuzzy pink socks and asked an attentive massage therapist to touch her feet, because the peripheral nerves there were damaged and weak. Seventeen months… Continue reading Massage for Cancer Patients is a Touch of Care, Controversy

By Brandon Johansson for the Aurora Sentinel AURORA | During Thanksgiving week the Arapahoe County coroner’s office investigated four suicides. That may not seem like much, but Arapahoe County Coroner Kelly Lear-Kaul said it’s double what she sees in a typical week. With Christmas and New Year’s Day approaching, Arapahoe County officials and mental health agencies… Continue reading Experts Urging Caution Around Depression and Holiday Season

In this article from the Madison Park Times, read about how the holidays are an important time to keep in mind the special needs of the elderly.

By Better Government Association’s Brett Chase for the Chicago Sun-Times Trying to find out nutritional information — including fat, calorie and salt content — on cafeteria offerings at Chicago Public Schools is no easy task. As a member of a local school council, Leonard Becker thought he could get a straightforward answer to a question about… Continue reading Cracking the Code on School Lunches at Chicago Public Schools

By James Aldridge for BizJournals.com Four medical faculty members at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio will be recognized next year at the American College of Physicians annual meeting for their contributions to the health care industry. They are: • Marvin Forland, professor emeritus of medicine, who left the University of Chicago in 1968 to help launch… Continue reading San Antonio Medical School Faculty Honored Nationally by Leading Physician Group

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar for the Associated Press, originally posted on ABC News Primary care doctors caring for low-income patients will face steep fee cuts next year as a temporary program in President Barack Obama’s health care law expires. That could squeeze access just when millions of new patients are gaining Medicaid coverage. A study Wednesday… Continue reading Doctors Face Steep Medicaid Cuts as Fee Boost Ends

By Cindy Sutter for the Colorado Daily The holidays can make you think of Charles Dickens. Not “A Christmas Carol.” More like “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … ” Hyperbole aside, the season does have highs and lows: fun/stress, togetherness/colds and flu, delicious food/poor nutrition, traditions/obligations, holiday lights/low… Continue reading Holiday Health: Staying in Balance in Boulder

In this article from the News Tribune, read about why the employer-shaped medical system is the backbone of the US health system.

By Susan Schrock for the Star-Telegram FORT WORTH  Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at 15, Samantha Daggett remembers how something as simple as a fuzzy pair of socks could make her hospital stay more comfortable. So on her way to work Tuesday, Daggett dropped off three sets of cozy socks and a warm blanket at the Rutledge… Continue reading Carley’s Closet Provides Comfort Items to Teen, Young Adult Cancer Patients