The Best Place in DFW to Have a Baby This Year
Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, and Denton county mothers weigh in.
By
Chance Townsend
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Healthcare Business
February 15, 2021
9:00 am
Medical City Healthcare, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Texas Health Resources all took top spots as the best places to have a baby in North Texas, as voted by readers of
DFWChild magazine. The recognition is decided by thousands of DFW residents in this year’s Mom and Babies survey.
DallasChild readers selected two winners this year: Baylor University Medical Center (who won last year), and Medical City Dallas. For the second year in a row, Medical City Plano was voted Collin County’s “best place to have a baby” by readers of
Dallas police officer killed by car while directing traffic at crash scene, department says
The incident happened early Saturday on North Central Expressway near Walnut Hill Lane. The driver is suspected of being intoxicated and is in jail, police said.
Dallas police Sr. Cpl Keith Geissler paid respects to fallen police Officer Mitchell Penton at the Northeast Patrol Division headquarters in Lake Highlands on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Penton was one of Geissler s police recruits.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
Revised to include the suspect’s name and bail information.
A Dallas police officer was fatally struck by a car early Saturday while directing traffic, police said.
Arlington Rep. Ron Wright will lie in repose Friday at AT&T Stadium before Saturday funeral in Fort Worth
Wright died last Sunday after contracting COVID-19.
The late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright will lie in repose Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for a public viewing, according to arrangements released by his family Saturday.
The Arlington Republican died last Sunday, less than three weeks after contracting COVID-19. He also had been battling cancer.
The public viewing will be followed Saturday by Wright’s funeral in the Texas Ballroom of Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Memorial Center. The 11 a.m. service will be open to the public. Bishop Michael F. Olson of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth will preside over the service, which will include a Mass and a tribute to the former congressman.
Concert Truck gets Dallas encore with new slate of free outdoor shows The Concert Truck is coming back.
Photo courtesy of Dallas Symphony Orchestra The Concert Truck is rolling back into Dallas for an encore. The one-of-a-kind mobile performance venue, which earned applause from audiences around the city during the holidays, is once again partnering with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to present pop-up concerts in February and March. Shows will take place outdoors with audiences and performers able to maintain a safe distance while enjoying live performances, DSO says. Locations include popular spots like One Arts Plaza, Klyde Warren Park, and NorthPark Center, but also some out of the box locales like White Rock Ale House and Brewery and Central Market Plano.
A Mediterranean diet rich in fish and veggies may be beneficial for people who have hidradenitis suppurativa.
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If you have hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic skin condition that causes painful lumps and scarring, anything that can help your symptoms even a little bit can come as a relief.
Dietary changes can help control inflammation and minimize flares in some patients, says So Yeon Paek, MD, FAAD, an assistant clinical professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine, faculty member at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and physician at Dermatology Physicians of Dallas.
“It is certainly far from a cure for the disease but may help to reduce flares and, in milder disease what we call Hurley stage 1 or 2 disease can actually lead to significant improvement,” she says.