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Meteorologist Mariel Ruiz returns to WFAA after breast cancer surgery
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (159+ words) WFAA-TV (Channel 8) meteorologist Mariel Ruiz returned to the studio this week after taking six weeks off to recover from surgery for breast cancer. Ruiz, an Arlington native, revealed her cancer diagnosis in July. She said she discovered a lump during…...
Childbirth in Texas should be a blessing, not a gamble
2+ week, 3+ day ago (446+ words) There is a moment every family imagines the first cry and the joy of welcoming a child into the world. Childbirth should be a blessing, wrapped in faith, hope and new beginnings, not fear and uncertainty. Yet for thousands of…...
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas’ abortion laws
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (642+ words) In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change. A growing body of research indicates that the state's abortion bans, which…...
WFAA meteorologist Mariel Ruiz shares breast cancer update
4+ week, 1+ day ago (251+ words) WFAA meteorologist Mariel Ruiz, who revealed a breast cancer diagnosis in July, has been recovering from surgery. "I'm still very limited with mobility and endurance which is so frustrating for me. Doctors say I'm recovering just fine," she wrote in…...
‘Pain can be a healer’: Artists and survivors team up for breast cancer project
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (677+ words) Arts reporter at KERA News Rose Suegay began getting regular mammograms when she was 40. When she was 43, her doctor noticed a small spot. "Initially it was just a tiny spot of concentrated white things," she recalled. When they did another…...
How to improve Texas’ unacceptably high maternal mortality rate
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (479+ words) The death of a woman during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy due to complications related to pregnancy or childbirth is a troubling statistic. Nationwide, we have one of the developed world's highest maternal mortality rates....
Is there a link between young women’s cycles and ACL injuries? What $1M aims to find out
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (594+ words) Teen girls blow out their anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) far more often than adult women or boys, especially in high-demand sports like soccer and basketball. Researchers at Scottish Rite for Children hope to change that. This month, the pediatric hospital…...
Half of Texas counties are maternal care deserts. Rural moms, babies are paying the price
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1822+ words) Kendra Hay was consumed by one thought: What would happen if she delivered her baby right now, in the middle of rush hour traffic? She'd already been in the car for an hour, as her husband drove them from their…...
‘Real Housewives of Dallas’ alum D’Andra Simmons shared breast cancer diagnosis
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (305+ words) The Real Housewives of Dallas former star D'Andra Simmons has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she said in a Tuesday Instagram post. In the post, the 56-year-old socialite stood in front of a sign for the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer…...
‘It’s a crisis’: Panel discusses ways to improve maternal health care for Black women
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (1118+ words) Viola's House, the United Way of Dallas and Parkland Health discussed the disparities in maternal health care and mortality for Black women and issued a call... A day after Tierra Jackson gave birth to her third child last November, she…...