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Revitalize Your Skin and Give Back: Join Hiatus Spa + Retreat's Earth Month Campaign Benefiting Charity: Water

Dive into a world of luxury and compassion this Earth Month with Hiatus Spa + Retreat's annual Spa for a Cause initiative, running from April 1st to April 30th. As the premier Texas day spa with eight exquisite locations across …

Advocate Endorsed Announcement: Black Maternal Health Care 2024 Exhibit, Thursday April 4th

Since its start, BLACK Wellness & Prosperity Center has unapologetically outlined a vision and dedicated its mission to improving health outcomes in the community.

3 questions you need to ask yourself about your diet

There are plenty of reasons why many health professionals don’t want you on a restrictive diet.

Costco offers Ozempic prescriptions to some members

Some people go to Costco for its $1.50 hot dogs, others for its $179 Ozempic prescriptions.

No longer drinking? There are options for you

On its surface, The Zero Co looks like any other bottle shop. It’s a small space, just 600 square feet, with wide windows welcoming the sunlight. Wooden shelves line the white walls, holding rows of glass liquor and wine bottles, …

A Texas woman is suing the prosecutors who charged her with murder after her self-induced abortion

A woman in Texas is suing prosecutors and Starr County for more than $1 million after she was arrested and unlawfully charged with murder for an abortion she had in 2022.

US scientists leave academia - bad news for drug companies

Scientists in the United States, especially those in the biomedical fields, are increasingly leaving the world of academia for better-paying industry jobs amid stagnant federal funding and low wages.

First OTC birth control pill in the US now available in some stores

For the first time, women in the US can walk into a store and buy a supply of birth control pills right off the shelf, without the need for a prescription or health insurance.

CDC alerts doctors to watch for rare, serious bacterial infection with unusual symptoms

Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal infections that are on the rise in the United States.

Exercises for core strength if you can’t stomach doing planks

Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, …

Garland firefighters praised for quick actions; new life-saving device rescues 5-month-old

A Garland mother is praising the quick actions of Garland firefighters, who used a special device to save her choking baby's life. Now the device is even saving lives across the state.

FDA approves new drug; may help stop rare/fatal condition doctors call ‘ticking time bomb’

When doctors told Katrina Barry that she had a rare and serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension or PAH, they warned her not to Google it.

Houston Sickle Cell Symposium Hosted By Sickle Cell Association of Houston

Mark your calendar and join the Sickle Cell Association of Houston for the Houston Sickle Cell Symposium at The Health Museum on April 20th located at 1515 Hermann Drive at 9am. This educational day will delve into gene therapy, understanding …

St. Louis: Community grows behind annual ‘Fight for Air Climb’

A growing community of runners is raising hundreds of thousands in honor of their family and friends fighting lung disease.

How to talk to kids about a cancer diagnosis, according to experts

In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public before revealing her cancer diagnosis, one of her biggest priorities was finding the right way to tell her children, she said.