For years, Millicent McKinnon of Dallas went without health insurance. She was one of roughly 1 million Texans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid in the state but too little to buy their own insurance. That is, until she died in 2019. She was 64 and had been unable to find consistent care […]
The Future of Precision Medicine
Precision medicine aims to create specialized treatment regimens that are tailored to each individual’s unique genetics, environment, and lifestyle. What is precision medicine? By definition, precision medicine, which is often also referred to as personalized medicine, is the medical approach to understanding how an individual’s genetics, environment, and lifestyle can be used to determine the […]
Lung cancer warning – does your skin look like this? The colour to watch out for
Lung cancer is one of the most serious types of cancer to be diagnosed, as it’s usually difficult to spot until it has spread to other parts of the body. You could be at risk of the disease if you notice that your skin has a yellow-tinge. Lung cancer is one of the most common […]