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Far more people than previously thought are providing billions of hours of unpaid care to Alzheimer's patients. A new report says nearly 15 million caregivers provide unpaid care to people with dementia.
Tests by the Dallas County medical examiner's office shows Rebecca Ray collapsed from an asthma attack and died in a bedroom of her home in Irving.
The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose.
Democrats denounced the latest version of the state budget, saying it would close 50 percent of the state's nursing homes.
A simple blood test may replace the invasive amniocentesis as the standard for testing a fetus for Down's syndrome.
A measure requiring women in Texas to get a sonogram before ending a pregnancy has passed the House. The measure was adopted tentatively last week and Monday's 107-42 vote was largely procedural.
Is adultery in your DNA? That was the topic that two men were debating on Thursday night.
The Texas House has given tentative approval to a bill requiring sonograms before abortions.
Newborn William Jones spends a lot of time asleep. He's a peaceful little guy. However, his entry into this world was anything but.
The Texas House is expected to vote on a bill that would require doctors to perform a sonogram before providing an abortion.
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will remove roughly 500 unapproved cold and allergy medications from the market as part of an ongoing crackdown on ineffective prescription drugs.
For some, wrinkles begin with too much exposure to the sun. Other times it's just genetics, and there's not much humans can do about that. However, new research shows that some wrinkles are quite preventable: Just don't sleep on your stomach.
Actress Eva Longoria lobbied lawmakers and spoke at a rally on behalf of the mentally disabled on Tuesday. She said if the Legislature passed proposed cuts in services it would bring "shame on Texas.''
Cycling champ and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong said Monday he is backing a proposed tax on tobacco in California to fund cancer and tobacco-related illness research. The Texan said he had good reasons for co-chairing the campaign.
Exercise balls are now being utilized in a new way to help people get fit, through a practice called 'body juggling.'