AirTags are intended to track the location of common items like keys and wallets. Now, police are warning that some people are using them to secretly track another person.
Dr. Bergeson with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center says you have to understand first that an alcohol addiction is a brain disorder with triggers. When you can determine what those triggers are, you can learn how to avoid them and take control of your life.
The CDC reports that during the holiday season between November 1st and January 31st, there are typically about 5800 fall injuries and 43 percent of those falls are from ladders.
The National Fire Protection Association says the number one cause of house fires in this country is cooking and that number goes way up during the holidays, starting with Thanksgiving.
Dr. Kelly Bennett, a Texas Tech Physician in Family Medicine, says when the days shorten and it gets dark earlier, you are setting yourself up for a real condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD if you don't make yourself go outside and enjoy the sunlight for a few minutes every day.
Dr. Steven Berk, Dean of the Medical School, says that is evident by the overall number of physicians - including those in training - who have already rolled up a sleeve for the covid vaccine. He says, “There are very few of our physicians that are refusing the vaccine. About 410 out of 420 physicians are going to be vaccinated.”
For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has been asking people to give up cigarettes and tobacco products for one day annually, the third Thursday of November.
This month is No Shave November or 'Movember', when men are encouraged to quit shaving for the month. It’s an effort to bring attention to men’s health issues, especially cancers that can sneak up on men.
Dr. Catherine Jones, an Oncologist and Texas Tech Physician, says mammograms are a good screening tool, but it’s up to all of us to know our bodies and recognize when something looks or feels different.
Like Covid, the symptoms may appear to be flu-like, which is why the health department wants physicians to be on the lookout for West Nile, and St. Louis Encephalitis as well.
Recently, Amy Schumer gained national attention wearing a hospital gown, trying to get the word out to women that what happened to her is very common and terribly painful but fixable.
The hope is that the Consumer Product Safety Commission will develop stricter standards in manufacturing button batteries. Last year alone, nearly 8,000 children were treated in emergency rooms after swallowing a battery that could get lodged and damage the lining of the esophagus within a half hour.
During the city’s covid news conference today, we mostly heard about the need to vaccinate. But there was another strong message from that panel today, that if you get sick, there is treatment if you act early.
A study by the Mayo Clinic applauds square dancing because it is a low impact form of aerobic exercise that burns a lot of calories, strengthens bones and helps with the cardiovascular system.
As Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech Physician Dr. Sarah Wakefield wants people to remember that one thing always stays the same: The easiest and cheapest way to fight anxiety and depression is exercise.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the state of New Mexico will temporarily re-implement a statewide requirement that face masks be worn in all public spaces regardless of vaccination status.
Even in 1992, during the Olympics in Barcelona, Dr. Pat Reynolds says the mental health of the athletes was just as concerning. Olympic competition is so stressful that he says the team physician feels it too; because it is health care under pressure, healing with a deadline.
More schools return to in-person learning in the fall. The demand for school merchandise is high, and shortages are likely due to a pandemic pause in everything from manufacturing to trucking.
Dr. Ashley Sturgeon is a Dermatologist at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Her specialty is skin cancer surgery, and she’s learned that especially around here, farmers are a common target for skin cancer.
So far, West Nile is not showing up in Lubbock or anywhere on the South Plains. However, if your summer travel takes you to the metroplex, you should know that West Nile has been identified in mosquitos there.
The Hamsmith’s 18 month old daughter, Reese, was hospitalized for weeks after swallowing a button battery. She died 7 weeks later. Now, 6 months later, her story is getting attention nationwide.
We’ve talked a lot about what high heels can do to your bones, especially if you stumble. But this time of year, the danger is not just how high up you are but how much your foot is exposed.
Dr. Michelle Tarbox is a Dermatologist and Texas Tech Physician. She says researchers have discovered that poison ivy is a bigger threat today than what you might have been exposed to as a child.
After an emotional year of concern over COVID, Dr. Warner says it’s time to remember that a little sting from this bug can also be life changing if that mosquito happens to carry West Nile...
If you know of someone 18 or older with special needs, Camp Abilities will be June 7-10, Camp Sports N’ Fun will be July 5-8, and the overnight Camp High Point will be August 6-8.
He survived COVID-19, a triple bypass and 40 years of caring for women, but today was a really hard day for Dr. Michael Owen, a long time OB-GYN, as he said goodbye to his last patient.
After celebrating 50 years of the Texas Tech University School of Medicine, it’s time now to recognize another milestone... 40 years of educating nurses through the School of Nursing at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
An ambulance was called for Tamara and she was taken to Covenant Health where Dr. Thomas Windisch, a neuro-interventional radiologist, sealed the leaky blood vessel in her brain.
An Artesia, New Mexico family is celebrating big today. Not only are they celebrating the 4th birthday of their quadruplets, but they’re also celebrating the fact that one of the quads was able to come home after having heart surgery at Covenant Health.
We’ve heard a lot about brain fog, fatigue, even heart and lung issues as long term side affects after COVID-19, but now, Dermatologists are hearing one more common complaint- hair loss and not just among those who had a severe case of the virus.
Every year, Autism Awareness is celebrated in April, but with 1 in 59 children diagnosed on the spectrum today, the awareness effort has turned into more of a year-long campaign for acceptance.
