Updated: 08/04/2009 - Texoma Medical Center has received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Achievement Award from TMF® Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas.
Updated: 08/03/2009 - ARDMORE, OK – With measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, and now even H1N1 to worry about when it comes to sending your kids off to school for the fall, immunizations are important as ever. The good news is there are vaccines to help prevent many of those illnesses, and one on the way for swine flu. Daniel Armbruster sat down with health experts and parents to talk about vaccines.
Updated: 07/31/2009 - It’s no surprise that too much time in the tanning bed can be dangerous for your health. But a new study released yesterday determines that the UVA rays from tanning beds are a definite cause of cancer.
Posted: 07/27/2009 - Jimmy Rosser and Tori Park are back with healthy recipe ideas and a great workout to follow.
Updated: 07/22/2009 - DENISON, TX -- Helping people without health insurance might be at the top of Washington's list, but it's also a big priority for a Texoma clinic, and relief is on the way for those who can't afford medical care or insurance. First News’ newest reporter Maddie Garrett has more.
Updated: 07/20/2009 - MARSHALL COUNTY, OK -- Marshall County is now one of several counties that have been hit by the H1N1 Influenza virus. Health officials are saying residents shouldn't be alarmed, but should still take precautions. Daniel Armbruster has the story.
Posted: 07/01/2009 - Getting your child to exercise may be a difficult task. Nautilus Sports and Fitness wants to change that with a new program designed with your child in mind.
Updated: 06/18/2009 - ARDMORE, OK -- Summer has yet to officially arrive, but already health officials are warning about the dangers of hot, sunny days.
Updated: 06/15/2009 - SHERMAN, TX -- The restored military vehicles outside the Texoma Regional Blood Center might have been an unusual sight, but inside was business as usual.
Updated: 06/09/2009 - ARDMORE, OK -- While blood donations are vital for area blood banks to stay in business, there are other important donations that are important to the lives of many Texomans. Daniel Armbruster has the story.
Posted: 06/02/2009 - Oklahoma state health officials are soliciting comments from individuals regarding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Posted: 05/27/2009 - A fairly new exercise routine is taking Texoma by storm. Zumba is dancing into the homes and gyms of many Americans!
Updated: 05/15/2009 - GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- The H1N1 influenza has arrived in Grayson County. Health officials announced this afternoon there are now two confirmed H1N1 cases in Grayson County.
Updated: 05/07/2009 - GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- The H1N1 influenza shut down some North Texas schools. While no Texoma schools were closed, University Interscholastic League did cancel some games, but now they're back in play, and so are field trips for other extracurricular activities.
Updated: 05/05/2009 - PONTOTOC COUNTY, OK -- The swine flu, or H1N1, has been a top headline for more than a week now. On Tuesday the H1N1 virus officially hit Texoma. Shelby Levins has more from Pontotoc County, where the first case of the H1N1 in Oklahoma influenza has been confirmed.
Updated: 05/05/2009 - McALLEN, TX - State health officials today confirmed the first death of a Texan due to swine flu -- plus it's the nation's second swine flu death.
Posted: 05/04/2009 - A total of 41 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus are being reported in Texas, but still no reported cases in Texoma.
Posted: 05/04/2009 - DENISON, TX -- It's a $96 million facility you may have seen while driving down U.S. 75 in Denison. Rashi Vats found out what the new, much-needed TMC will bring to Texoma in Part Two of TMC- From the Ground Up.
Posted: 04/28/2009 - ARDMORE, OK -- Most all of us have had the flu, but the swine flu is different. So what exactly is this new "swine flu"? How did this new strain of virus come about? Shelby Levins went to the experts at the Noble Foundation for answers.
Updated: 04/27/2009 - Now 40 cases of the swine flu have been reported in the United States, prompting the Center for Disease Control to declare a public health care emergency.
Updated: 04/13/2009 - DENISON, TX ― Texoma Medical Center has been recognized by the State Department of Health Services as a Level 3 Trauma Center.
Updated: 04/03/2009 - Amy Knight joins Nicole this morning to talk about Knight Family Chiropractic's upcoming health expo.
Updated: 03/31/2009 - FRESNO, CA -- Federal food officials are warning people not to eat any food containing pistachios. That's because of possible contamination by salmonella.
Posted: 03/06/2009 - Inspector failed to flag salmonella-linked Texas plant
Posted: 02/24/2009 - So many are stressed these days due to the state of the economy. There are ways to relieve that stress, but it takes determination.
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TAHIRPUR, India (AP) — At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his body and he lost sensation in his fingertips, a doctor issued the devastating diagnosis: Yadav had leprosy.
A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment — in this instance, four hours after birth.
(This March 6 story has been corrected to fix spelling of test to verifi from Verify in paragraph 33) By Julie Steenhuysen LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) - When President Bill Clinton announced in 2000 that Craig Venter and Dr. Francis Collins of the National Human Genome Research Institute had succeeded in mapping the human genome, he solemnly declared that the discovery would "revolutionize" the treatment of virtually all human disease. The expectation was that this single reference map of the 3 billion base pairs of DNA -- the human genetic code -- would quickly unlock the secrets of Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer and other scourges of human health. As it turns out, Clinton's forecast was not unlike President George Bush's "mission accomplished" speech in the early days of the Iraq war, said Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Translational Science Institute, which is running a meeting On the Future of Genomic Medicine here March 6-7.
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Monday, weighed down by soft data out of China and Boeing's latest production setback. Merger and acquisition announcements, however, as well as company-specific news including on Facebook and Alexion Pharma, helped keep the S&P 500 and Nasdaq from bigger losses. China's exports unexpectedly tumbled 18.1 percent in February, against expectations for a 6.8 percent rise, swinging the trade balance into deficit and adding to fears of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. There's a little bit of profit-taking," said Paul Zemsky, head of asset allocation at ING Investment Management in New York.
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