Primary Care Doctors Very Unhappy and Shortage Looming A survey of almost 300,000 doctors shows many are thinking of quitting in primary care and that a shortage may be coming more

Gold Used to Treat Cancer Researchers at the University of North Texas using gold and nanotechnology to treat cancer. more

How to Avoid Common Mistakes Which Prevent Our Parents Aging Gracefully how families can help their parents avoid eight common mistakes made by older adults due to fear of aging more

Harvard Study Shows Many Hospital Patients Have Inadequate Pain Relief In a study of 40 major hospitals at least one third of patients complained of poor pain control.Experts cite lack of training,little research into pain control,poor patient communication,and social stigmas as causes. more

Vitamin E and Selenium Supplements Trial to Prevent Prostate Cancer Stopped
Results of the National Cancer Institute Study show no benefit and possibly harmful effect more

Individualizing the Care of Older Adults: Not Too Late to Start, YetThe older adult population in the U.S. is exploding. Starting in 2010, we will see 10,000 people turn 65, each and every day, for the next 20 years. With the growing incidence of mental and physical disorders in this age group, coupled with the shortage of professional and paraprofessional geriatric workers, and a shrinking labor pool,we soon could be facing a serious caregiving crisis. more

How to Choose a New
Doctor If you are new to an area or have a new health problem that requires a new physician it can be very
stressfull more

McAllen Surgeon First in Valley to Use Adult Stem Cells in Back Surgery

Dr. Ray Fulp, III has begun using adult stems cells in spinesurgeries, and calls the new technique the first major breakthrough in the industry in more than 100 years More

Explaining Perimenopause and Menopause

As women approach middle age their bodies change. The monthly hormonal signals of the feminine hormones begin to wane at first causing disruption and ultimately cessation of the monthly cycle of ovulation and menstruation. For most women this occurs in their late forties to early fifties but for some it can occur in their thirties or even early sixties More 

Diabetes
Why the High Valley Incidence?

The Center for Disease Control has just released the latest data on the increasing epidemic of diabetes in the United States. Now 8 percent of the U.S. population (24 million people) has diabetes and another 57 million have a prediabetes condition. Hispanics continue to have a high risk of diabetes with 10.4 percent overall and specifically 11.9 percent for Mexican Americans.
For the state of Texas there was an overall worsening by about 3%. Hidalgo County had over 27,000 cases making up about 6.5 %, Cameron County had over 19,000 making up about 8.1%, Starr County had 2,700 making up about 7.4%, and Willacy County had about 1000 cases making up about 7.8% of the population. It is the writer’s belief that the true number of diabetics in the Rio Grande Valley was probably significantly underestimated because of lack
of access to health care and poverty in our region. It does not make sense that Hidalgo County which had at least an 89.5% Hispanic population in the 2000 Census would be below the national average. More

Obesity
What is It?What can we do about it?More