10-year-old North Texas boy receives life-changing double lung transplant
With two new lungs, Ryder Molepske-Eoff is full of life and energy. It’s a huge difference from when he was confined to bed rest to help preserve his dying lungs.
Prescription drug prices soar nearly 40% over past decade, surpassing inflation, study finds
In 2024 alone, Americans have spent $21 billion on out-of-pocket prescriptions.
'Walking pneumonia' cases on the rise in children at Cook Children's Fort Worth
Last week, 80 out of about 400 patients tested positive for mycoplasma pneumonia. There were no cases during the same week last year.
FDA approves Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease
Eli Lilly's Kisunla is the second treatment available in the U.S. that has been shown in trials to modestly slow a decline in memory.
Cook Children’s sues state of Texas over Medicaid contracts
Texas Health and Human Services decided to not extend a Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s Health Plan and other local plans. The decision would affect nearly 125,000 North Texans.
Texas Medical Board clarifies abortion exceptions
The Texas Medical Board unanimously approved guidelines for how doctors should interpret exceptions to the state's abortion ban.
Best-selling author Dr. Sharon Malone encourages North Texas women to be their own healthcare advocates
Dr. Sharon Malone’s career as an OB/GYN has spanned more than 30 years in the private sector. She is now primarily focused on educating women over 40. She says her own personal experiences are motivators.
Should the US forgive medical debt? Americans sound off in recent poll
Medical debt relief is a higher priority for Americans than student loan forgiveness, a poll revealed.
CDC: Adderall shortage may worsen after health execs charged with fraud
Done Global executives are accused of continuing to improperly prescribe Adderall and other stimulants despite social media posts claiming patients had overdosed and died.
Healthcare company execs arrested for running $100M online Adderall scheme
The founder-CEO and clinical president of a digital health company have been arrested and charged for their part in a multi-million-dollar scheme to give people easy access to Adderall and other restricted drugs, among other crimes.
Doctors, women seek more clarity from Texas Medical Board on state abortion laws
In a public hearing Monday, a group of doctors, women and their lawyers urged the board to clarify when a doctor can legally perform an abortion under the state's near-total ban.
1st person to receive pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later
Pig kidney transplant recipient Richard Slayman has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure. Here’s what’s known about xenotransplantation.
Free Dunkin’ coffee offered to all nurses on National Nurses Day 2024
Nurses can get a free medium hot or iced coffee on May 6, 2024, at Dunkin’. Here’s what to know.
Children's Health recognizes 'superhero' patients on Cape Day
FOX 4 first introduced you to Olivia Solis in 2018. Shortly after she was born, doctors determined she would need a heart transplant. Today, she is a picture of strength. “I had a heart transplant. My heart is strong now!"
Teen speaks after doctor who injected IV bag with dangerous drugs is found guilty
Jack Adlerstein was 18 years old when he went into Baylor Scott and White Surgicare in North Dallas for a simple nose surgery. The young man nearly died when Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz injected his IV bag with dangerous drugs.
No link between Ozempic and suicide, EU drug regulators say
It's the latest group to conclude there's no known tie between obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy and suicide.
Dallas doctor found guilty of poisoning IV bags
Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz has been found guilty of injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas.
Jury deliberating in Dallas doctor's IV tampering trial
The fate of a doctor accused of secretly putting poison into IV bags is now in the hands of a jury.
Defense rests in Dallas doctor's IV tampering trial
Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz is accused of tampering with IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas, leading to 11 patients suffering cardiac emergencies and the death of a fellow doctor. The defense's expert witness attempted to cast doubt on the prosecution's story.
Dallas doctor IV bag tampering trial: Expert testimony suggests pattern of emergencies among patients
A prosecution expert worked to tie the pieces together that patients Tammy Young, Kelly Pifer, John Eller and Jack Adlerstein all experienced the same reactions after receiving IV bags during what should have been simple procedures.