TMA Welcomes U.S. District Court Decision to Grant Its Summary Judgment Motion
Sept. 22, 2022 AUSTIN — The Texas Medical Association (TMA) today announced it has filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging certain portions of the Aug. 26, 2022, final rules implementing the federal No Surprises Act (NSA). This is the second time in less than a year TMA […]
Opinion | Don’t Let Vindictiveness Creep Into Medicine Like It Has in Politics
The callous and inhumane dislocation of migrants recently perpetrated by governors of the states of Florida and Texas reminded me of an equally disdainful and appalling tactic utilized by healthcare workers since the 1960s: “Greyhound therapy.” Greyhound therapy refers to attempts by healthcare workers and administrators to remove undesirable patients from emergency rooms, hospitals, and […]
How Genes Affect Healthy Life Years; Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include the impact of genetics […]
One-Two Punch of Romosozumab, Denosumab Improved BMD and Reduced Fractures
AUSTIN, Texas – One year of romosozumab (Evenity) followed by 1 year of denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva) was associated with improved bone mineral density (BMD) and lower fracture incidence compared with 2 years of denosumab in women with osteoporosis, an analysis of the FRAME studies suggested. Treatment with romosozumab first was associated with a 16.8% increase […]
Texas Physicians Offer Solutions to Address Increasing Overdose Deaths
Sept. 13, 2022 As an alarming number of Texans die from overdosing on illicit opioids laced with fentanyl, physicians advise lawmakers to consider new approaches to tackle the problem. These include easing barriers to medical treatment for patients suffering from chronic pain, improving access to the overdose-countering drug naloxone, and legalizing fentanyl test strips. “There […]
How Far Will Texas Ruling Scrapping ACA’s Free Preventive Care Go?
A federal judge in Texas ruled earlier this week in favor of plaintiffs comprising several employers in the state that argued an employer’s insurance should not be required to cover the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), used to reduce HIV transmission, when such a requirement violated the employer’s religious beliefs. The ruling handed down by […]
Waco Physician to Host First-Anniversary Walk With a Doc Texas Event
Sept. 9, 2022 WHAT: Waco residents of all ages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Iliana Neumann, MD, of Waco Family Medicine for her first- anniversary Walk With a Doc Texas event. WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 pm (recurring monthly on every third Thursday) WHERE: Madison Cooper Community Clinic – […]
Federal Judge’s Ruling Threatens Preventive Care Coverage in ACA
A federal judge in Texas agreed on Wednesday with plaintiffs — a handful of employers in the state — that requiring insurers to cover the costs of medications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) infringed on their religious rights, effectively scrapping a central tenet of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Under the ACA, most health plans […]
Seeking COVID Variants in Sewage; MI Risk and Adenovirus COVID Vaccines
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week. This week’s topics include examining the risk for […]
Texas Reports Nation’s First Possible Death From Monkeypox
A severely immunocompromised man in Texas has died after being diagnosed with monkeypox, state and local health officials announced Tuesday, marking what may be the nation’s first death related to the disease. Harris County Judge Linda Hidalgo said in a statement that the Houston-area man, who died Sunday, “faced various severe illnesses” and that his […]