(ROWLETT-March 8, 2013) Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett would like to congratulate Trish Batsell, the director of critical care services, on her achievement as a D Magazine 2013 Excellence in Nursing finalist in the intensive care category. The Excellence in Nursing nominees are those who have gone above and beyond in their profession. Batsell has worked with […]
YMCA offers FREE Lunch & Learn on family nutrition for Blue Ribbon News readers (ROCKWALL – March 2, 2013) March is National Nutrition Month, so this is a great time to focus on individual and family nutrition. One of the most important aspects of a wellness program, whether you are trying to be fit, avert […]
Experts share strategies ‘mathletes’ can count on One of the most common questions asked by students is how to study and prepare for math tests. More often than not, these “Mathletes” also suffer from test anxiety, which leads them to believe that no matter how much they study, they won’t perform well on the test. […]
(ROCKWALL-February 16, 2013) The weight loss surgery center at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall has been named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The recognition identifies this weight loss surgery center as meeting high standards of quality on national benchmarks. Since its inception in November 2008 the […]
(ROCKWALL-February 13, 2013) Helping Hands is pleased to announce the appointment of Vanhdy Miller as Practice Manager to The Health Center of Helping Hands. Bringing her experience from the corporate sector, Miller was part of the commercial banking sales team of JPMorgan Chase & Company specializing in Cash Management services. She completed the Practice Management Certification […]
(DALLAS-February 10, 2013) Dallas will host a Be The Match Walk+Run on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Lone Star Park, bringing together marrow donors and transplant patients to demonstrate that the cure for blood cancer is in the hands of ordinary people. This fundraising event (formerly known as Be The One Run®) helps patients with blood […]
(ROWLETT-February 10, 2013) Lake Pointe Medical Center, based in Rowlett, recently received the 2013 Founders Award from The Bridge Breast Network for its efforts in helping uninsured women fight breast cancer. The two major criteria used to select the finalists and winner include, the number of clients served and the amount of services donated within the year. […]
(February 9, 2013) On February 15, small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly so close to Earth that it will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites. The flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14 is the closest ever predicted Earth approach for an object this large. If it impacted the Earth, this asteroid […]
The first month of 2013 marked a 40th anniversary that many observed but no one should have celebrated. Yet much of our national media didn’t do much to remind us of the January, 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. It’s been an ugly business for 40 years, with passionate arguments that […]
Restaurateur Shannon Wynne to open Bird Cafe in Sundance Square’s new Plaza this fall (January 30, 2013) Longtime Sundance Square restaurateur Shannon Wynne will open Bird Café in Sundance Square this October with more than 6,400 square feet of indoor space and 2,300 feet of patio space in the new Plaza. “We couldn’t be happier […]