What Every Caregiver Should Know About Medicare
The phone call can come at any hour. Your elderly parent has fallen ill and needs your help. If you haven’t gotten the call yet, chances are you will. About 70 percent of our parents will require some kind of …
Healthy Texas Seeking High School Students Statewide to Become Youth Ambassadors
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is looking for high school youth throughout Texas to participate in its Healthy Texas initiative to provide Texans and their families with the knowledge and resources to take control of their health.
Festive Fun for St. Patrick’s Day
Turn your St. Patrick’s Day celebration into a chance to enjoy Irish heritage with hearty foods and a lively atmosphere. When it’s the one day each year it’s acceptable to pinch non-conforming friends and family, it’d be a shame not …
Kickstart Healthy Habits
When it seems that everyone around you is feeling under the weather, you can be your own best line of defense against getting sick. Help ward off sickness for yourself and your family with these self-care tips that help promote …
New Flu Strain Spreading Fast Across Texas
The deadly flu season is far from over, and now it’s strain B that’s spreading fast in Texas.
PizzaHut, National Football League Score for Fans and Pizza Lovers By Announcing New Official Pizza Sponsorship of the NFL
The National Football League and Pizza Hut are getting an early start on celebrating the upcoming 2018 NFL season with news that Pizza Hut is the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL.
MD Anderson and RaySearch Announce Strategic Alliance to Advance Radiation Therapy of Cancer
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RaySearch Laboratories today announced a strategic alliance with the aim of enhancing cancer radiation therapy through several initiatives, including more precisely targeting of tumors, and improving upon, and making more available, …
CoverGirl Features Their First Black Model with Vitiligo in New Campaign
Amy Deanna is breaking barriers thanks to CoverGirl. For the first time, CoverGirl is featuring a model with vitiligo in a dynamic new ad campaign.
Annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest Winners Announced
The smell of delicious barbecue filled the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo grounds, Feb. 22 – 24, 2018, while more than 250 barbecue teams competed in the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. On Saturday night, one team was named Overall Grand …
New Kidney Transplant Program in Texas Caters to Hispanic Patients
About 9,000 Texans — half of whom are Hispanic — are waiting for a kidney transplant, according to Baylor Scott & White Health, which now offers services for Hispanic patients in need of a kidney transplant. The Hispanic kidney transplant …
McDonald’s Slims Down Happy Meal by Banishing Cheeseburgers
McDonald's is taking cheeseburgers and chocolate milk off its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat, and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.
3 Foods Your Heart Will Love
Heart disease is the leading killer of all Americans, but African Americans are hit hardest. Heart disease develops earlier in African Americans than in white Americans and deaths from heart disease are higher. Moreover, the life expectancy of African Americans …
Simple Seafood Solutions for Lent
With people across the country observing Lent, a religious tradition observed during the 40 days before Easter, it’s time to rethink the standard family meal menu.
There’s Now a Dating Site for Trump Supporters
Far-right supporters of Donald Trump now have their very own dating website to meet like minded singles.
H-E-B Leaders Visit Houston to Offer Guidance On Submitting Unique Products in Statewide Competition
H-E-B Primo Picks Quest for Texas Best is visiting HOUSTON on Tuesday, February 27 at 10 a.m. to share insight with local food and beverage creators interested in participating in the 2018 statewide competition. Potential entrants are invited to meet …
