New Texas Law Bans Anonymous Complaints About Docs
A law that took effect this month bars the Texas Medical Board from considering complaints against doctors if they come from anonymous sources.
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A law that took effect this month bars the Texas Medical Board from considering complaints against doctors if they come from anonymous sources.
A disabled Dallas man is one of six plaintiffs who named Gov. Rick Perry in a federal lawsuit claiming the state violated the Americans With Disabilities Act when they were each "unnecessarily institutionalized" in nursing homes.
Dementia is poised to skyrocket as the baby boomers age -- and it's a budget-busting disease for Medicare, Medicaid and families. Now the Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer's Plan.
Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and those who do light up are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, but the trend is weaker than the government had hoped.
A Fort Worth hospital is now home to the largest all-private room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the nation. Nearly 50 critical care babies were moved into the new NICU at Cook Children's Medical Center Tuesday.
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas are forming a training program.
North Texas organizations that assist people suffering from HIV/AIDS are facing federal funding cuts while expecting new clients from rural areas.
The push to get pediatricians to stop prescribing antibiotics for the wrong illnesses is paying off a bit, a new government report found.
A new law aimed at reducing the number of abortions in Texas is set to go into effect this fall, even though some of the toughest provisions of the measure will likely be tied up in litigation for months.
A program at Baylor Medical Center at Irving is working to educate new parents and prevent kids from being left in hot cars.
The condition of convicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was upgraded from critical to serious after he became sick while fasting.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was hospitalized in critical condition after fasting in the weeks since receiving a life sentence for sexual assault.
A teacher in the Ennis ISD has tested positive for tuberculosis. The district will send a letter to students and parents to identify potential contacts.
A 'Red Ozone' alert has been declared for North Texas. Despite being in a two-month long heat wave, this is the first time an alert of this magnitude has been declared this summer.