TMA Foundation Grants Support Better Health Across Texas
Residents of eight Texas counties will benefit from nearly $22,500 in Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) grant funding to help them live better, healthier lives. TMAF recently awarded funds to four county medical societies and three county chapters of the TMA Alliance (a volunteer, community service and advocacy organization comprising physicians, spouses, and partners). (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
“Blueprint” Can Chart Course Toward Healthier Texans
Please attribute this statement about the Blueprint for a Healthy Texas initiative to David C. Fleeger, MD, president of the Texas Medical Association (TMA). “Congratulations to Executive Commissioner Dr. Courtney Phillips and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for launching this ambitious multipoint initiative to improve the health of Texans..." (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA to Host Panelists to Highlight CPRIT ’s Cancer-Fighting Achievements
As Texans head to voting booths in early November to choose whether to extend Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) funding, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Texas Public Health Coalition (TPHC) will explore the state ’s cancer research and prevention advancements, at its third Distinguished Speaker Series event. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Supports Texas A & M Vaping Ban
“The Texas Medical Association strongly commends the Texas A&M University System ’s ban of vaping products on all of its campuses and properties. As current nationwide investigations and health warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm, these products can be dangerous and even lethal, even though manufacturers have marketed these devices as safer alt ernatives to smoking." (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
November Ballot Will Decide Future of Cancer Research in Texas
Billions of dollars in cancer-fighting grants, research, and preventive care are on the line when Texas voters go to the polls on Nov. 5. Physicians and other supporters hope voters will elect to continue funding the state ’s cancer-fighting agency, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TMA Celebrates 25 Years of Bike Helmet Giveaways With Events Statewide in October
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) will give away nearly 3,500 bicycle helmets to Texas children in October to celebrate the 25th birthday of its Hard Hats for Little Heads program. Since starting Hard Hats for Little Heads in 1994, TMA has given away more than 325,000 helmets to Texas children. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - October 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opioids, Telemedicine, Legislative Update to Highlight TMA Fall Conference
Physicians Meet to Address Health Care Priorities. Navigating the opioid crisis, using telemedicine to expand a medical practice and help more patients, and top issues from the 2019 Texas Legislature highlight the 2019 Texas Medical Association (TMA) Fall Conference. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnant? Make Sure You ’re Vaccinated to Protect Yourself, Baby From Disease
Vaccinations before and during pregnancy are important to protect both mother and baby. Three vaccinations are recommended: flu, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis), and MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella). (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Physicians Push to Improve Health Care for LGBTQ Patients
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) patients face unique barriers that put them at greater risk for mental and physical health problems. Often, their health disparities result from a lack of family support, public prejudice, and fear of the health care system. Texas physicians have launched a new workgroup and are adapting their practices to treat this underserved population. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - September 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physicians to Address Care Issues at 14th Border Health Conference
Top physicians and other health care leaders will meet in Laredo, Texas, to discuss critical health care needs and the challenges that face communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, during the 14th Annual Border Health Conference. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physician, Hospital Groups Distribute Urgent Measles Advisory
Texas doctors and hospitals have a new tool to fight the ever-increasing measles threat, as the number of people sickened by the infectious yet preventable disease climbs. The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Texas Hospital Association (THA) have created a new resource to help physicians, hospitals, and other health care professionals combat the highly contagious, yet entirely preventable, respiratory illness. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Laws Reshape Texas Health Care Landscape
New laws are about to transform health care in Texas, addressing long-term issues like surprise medical billing, raising the tobacco-use age, and improving Medicaid. The 2020-21 state budget also includes vital funding increases for women ’s health programs, graduate medical education (GME), and community mental health services (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keep Hib Germs Away: Vaccination Can Prevent Serious Childhood Illness
Many things aren ’t harmful until they are. This applies to the Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) bacteria: It typically can live in our noses and throats without causing harm, but if Hib moves to other parts of the body, it can cause serious illness or even death. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - August 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vote for Prop. 6 in November to Save Lives
Please mark your calendar for Nov. 5 to vote AGAINST cancer and FOR saving Texans ’ lives. Physicians of the Texas Medical Association and members of the Texas Public Health Coalition urge everyone to VOTE FOR Proposition 6 on the November Texas ballot to continue to fund the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - July 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas Losing Ground in Disease-Prevention Battle, Physicians Warn
Some Texas physicians say the anti-vaccination movement is creating skepticism that could undermine the state ’s ability to prevent a widespread disease outbreak. The state has fended off outbreaks in the past because a majority of Texans are vaccinated, but soaring vaccine exemptions could leave Texans vulnerable. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - July 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
