Treatment Questioned for Earliest Sign of Breast Cancer
Of patients diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer every year, many who opt for lumpectomies or mastectomies do not see improved outcomes. Full Story
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Eleanor Dearman
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Eleanor Dearman is a former reporting fellow. She majored in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also interned for the San Antonio Express-News in its Austin bureau covering Texas politics and contributed to PolitiFact Texas.
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![Donna Fehl, right, and Lilia Avila, left, of the Rose unload and set up a mobile mammogram machine at a clinic in Port Arthur, Texas, Monday, November 11, 2013.]()
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Exercise Eases Some Depression-Related Sleep Problems
A new study finds that regular aerobic exercise may help the roughly 10 percent of patients with depression who have trouble staying awake and alert during the day, even when they didn't respond to regular anti-depressants. Full Story
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![Fitness instructor Sgt. Joey Chavarria illustrates proper lifting technique during a cross-training class in the gym at the DPS office in Austin, Texas. May 14, 2014.
Since the passage of a 2007 law allowing state employees a 30-minute exercise break three times per week, state agencies have begun offering lunchtime workout programs. Last month, the Texas Department of Public Safety took home the "fittest large agency" prize in the state's GetFitTexas challenge.]()
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The Brief: Aug. 31, 2015
Not much is known about Shannon Jaruay Miles, who was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Harris County Sheriff's deputy Friday night. Full Story
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![Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was shot to death at a Houston gas station late Friday night.]()
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Experts Size Up the Impact of Those Plummeting Oil Prices
The upshot here: oil prices might not rebound to previously anticipated levels but unspent revenue cushions the blow to key revenue sources. Full Story
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