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4 Simple Tips for Blending a Better-For-You Smoothie

January 3, 2019

There’s no better time than a new year to embrace healthy habits. And it’s easier to embrace a “new me” mentality by fueling your body with the goodness it needs now. You can incorporate more fruits ...

Extraordinary Nurse Recognized at Woodland Heights

August 8, 2018

Lufkin Texas – Nurses at Woodland Heights Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recogn...

Woodland Heights Adopts Improved Communication Process

August 8, 2018

Lufkin Texas – Woodland Heights has recently adopted a communication platform that connects clinicians across healthcare entities in real-time. Built on mobile technology, the system helps pr...

Woodland Heights Recognizes National CPR and AED Awareness Week

June 4, 2018

Lufkin Texas (June 1-7, 2018) – In 2007, the American Heart Association along with the American Red Cross and the National Safety Council worked collaboratively to designate a National CPR and AED Aw...

Woodland Heights Offers World’s Smallest Pacemaker

April 18, 2018

Lufkin Texas (April 12, 2018) – The world’s smallest pacemaker (for patients with bradycardia) was implanted today at Woodland Heights Medical Center. Dr. Vivek Mangla and Dr. Subramanya Venkata rece...

Woodland Heights Offering Alternative Option for Atrial Fibrillation P...

April 16, 2018

Lufkin Texas (April 16, 2018) – Woodland Heights is now offering patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to long-term warfarin medication with a newly approved implant. For...

When Morning Sickness Becomes All Day and All Night Sickness

March 15, 2018

“Have you tried ginger?” “My friend’s sister’s college roommate was really sick during her first pregnancy, and she swore by sucking on peppermint, you should try it!” “Keep some saltines by your bed...

Colorectal Cancer: Routine Colonoscopies and Early Detection Can Save ...

March 14, 2018

By Mitchell Rubinoff, M.D., Chair, Gastroenterology, Valley Medical Group Newswise — Having a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer is not on anyone’s list of favorite activities. However, wit...

Hallucinations, Full Moons and Coffee? Baylor Sleep Expert Debunks Com...

March 13, 2018

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2018) – On average, you will spend about a third of your life sleeping or attempting to sleep. For many, this means more than 25 years of your life will be spent in bed. Given t...

Protecting Your Child From Spring Sports Injuries

March 12, 2018

As families prepare for baseball, softball, tennis and other spring sports activities, it’s important that parents and caregivers are aware of the most common sports injuries and the best ways to pre...

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Temporal link between medical cannabis for epilepsy and early puberty

The use of medical cannabis for severe childhood epilepsy may be linked to early puberty, doctors have warned in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a 2 year old boy with the condition. [...]

Heavy energy drink consumption linked to heart failure in a young man

Heavy energy drink consumption may be linked to heart failure, doctors have warned in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a 21 year old, who had regularly drunk 4 such cans every day for around 2 years. [...]

Ten reasons why the coronavirus is airborne

There is consistent, strong evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new assessment published today in the medical journal Lancet. Therefore, public health measures that fail to treat the virus as predominantly airborne leave people unprotected and allow the virus to spread, according to six experts from the UK, U.S. and Canada, including Jose-Luis Jimenez, chemist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and University of Colorado Boulder. [...]

Study estimates duration of employment loss experienced by adults with kidney failure

A new study estimates the years of employment loss experienced by working-aged adults with kidney failure. The study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN, notes that most of this lost time is due to patients' loss of life expectancy. [...]

Study reveals how some antibodies can broadly neutralize ebolaviruses

Some survivors of ebolavirus outbreaks make antibodies that can broadly neutralize these viruses—and now, scientists at Scripps Research have illuminated how these antibodies can disable the viruses so effectively. The insights may be helpful for developing effective therapies. [...]

A method to assess COVID-19 transmission risks in indoor settings

Two MIT professors have proposed a new approach to estimating the risks of exposure to Covid-19 under different indoor settings. The guideline they developed suggests a limit for exposure time, based on the number of people, the size of the space, the kinds of activity, whether masks are worn, and the ventilation and filtration rates. Their model offers a detailed, physics-based guideline for policymakers, businesses, schools, and individuals trying to gauge their own risks. [...]

Water crisis took toll on Flint adults' physical, mental health

Since state austerity policies initiated a potable water crisis seven years ago in Flint, Michigan, public health monitoring has focused on potential developmental deficits associated with lead exposure in adolescents or fetuses exposed in utero. [...]

Novel muscular dystrophy gene connects to a key biological pathway

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found mutations in a novel gene that may help identify patients with a specific form of muscular dystrophy. [...]

Child vaccination rates declined during COVID-19 pandemic

The numbers of recommended vaccine doses, including measles vaccine, administered to children decreased dramatically after the declaration of a national state of emergency on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. While the decrease was lower and recovered in children under 2 years of age, it was more severe and persistent in older children. [...]

Small physician offices are seeing negative effects from virtual health care models

In a newly released study, researchers found that remote and virtual care models can negatively impact small physician offices. Three researchers from University of Colorado Denver conducted the study, which was published in the National Library of Medicine. [...]