For many people, waiting on a liver transplant can take years on the current wait list. According to Donate Life Texas, an average of 18 people die every day waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. The traditional organ donor model of waiting on a deceased donor organ to match the recipient has created significant wait … Continue reading Living liver donors shorten wait times for those needing a transplant
If you’re watching the local Dallas-Fort Worth news stations, you’ll know that flu season is here. The Dallas County Health Department and individual doctors urge people to get vaccinated now. Infectious disease physician Steve Davis, M.D., gave some tips to WFAA-Channel 8’s Jason Wheeler about why vaccinating is important. Continue reading Flu Information From The Dallas-Fort Worth Outbreak
Each year, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) conducts a survey of fitness professionals to see what they think will be the biggest trends in fitness for the upcoming year. Much like fashion, fitness trends come and go and come back again. So, did your favorite make the cut? Here’s the top 20 for … Continue reading Emerging Fitness Trends for 2014
With mile-long shopping lists, people to visit, and events to attend, holiday safety may not be the first thing on your mind. The Baylor Scott & White Health Care System Department of Public Safety is offering these important holiday safety tips to help keep you and your family protected throughout the busy holiday season. Whether at work, home, … Continue reading Holiday safety tips you forgot to add to your list…
The holidays are supposed to be a time to celebrate and enjoy being with family and friends. But trying to make it “the best year ever” can lead to stress, disappointment and hefty credit card bills. It doesn’t have to be this way. Follow these three tips to cut the stress out of your holiday … Continue reading 3 Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday
The typhoon that struck the Philippines recently killed thousands, wiped out whole villages and infrastructures and left survivors without sufficient food, water, housing, medical assistance and many other basic necessities. Thousands more are at risk because of the dire conditions. Baylor is blessed with a number of nurses who were recruited here from the Philippines … Continue reading Baylor Donations Aid Typhoon Haiyan Victims
This Saturday, physically disabled children, adults and veterans from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area will defy common stereotypes and participate in adaptive recreational programs including water skiing, kayaking, swimming, basketball, soccer and others put on by RISE Adaptive Sports based out of Irving, Texas. RISE Adaptive Sports started with a mission to “assist persons with … Continue reading Adaptive Sports Event: RISE Over Physical Disabilities
The shootings yesterday in the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. have again had Americans glued to the TV and Internet to watch a tragedy unfold real time in front of their eyes. According to an article on CNN, the person believed to be responsible for the shooting reportedly had posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD. So … Continue reading PTSD: The Effect on The Navy Yard Gunman and The Public
Summertime in Texas means temperatures that are commonly 100 degrees or hotter. Whether you are actively exercising outdoors or cleaning out the garage on a hot weekend day, it pays to be smart about heat-related illnesses. Timothy Jones, M.D., an emergency medicine physician on the medical staff at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort … Continue reading The Dangers of Extreme Heat
Baylor researchers are part of a monumental national research study that will likely change the approach doctors take for treating diabetes in the future, investigators say. The study, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is called GRADE, Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study. “Diabetes as a disease takes … Continue reading Diabetes Research Could Guide Future Treatment
