Opinions

Kudos to a physician’s assistant and the San Marcos Firefighters

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:00am

My wife has been bedridden for two years and I’m taking care of her at home. Our primary care physician requires that my wife has to appear in the office every three months or she will not renew her medication. This past Friday the 13th, I managed to transfer my wife from the bed into her wheelchair and take her to the car and managed to get her into the car. We are both 83 years old, we managed to get her out of the car back into her wheelchair and into the Doctors office. After the visit with the doctor as I was trying to get my wife out of the wheelchair and into the car she fell down on the pavement. I called 911 requesting help and while I was on the phone a Nurse Practitioner saw what was going on and came and held my wife’s head in her lap until EMS and the Firefighters arrived and took over. A Firefighter picked my wife up and put her into the car. They followed us home and went that extra mile and got her out of the car, into her wheelchair, into the house and put her in bed.

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Have you joined the ‘underconsumption’ bandwagon?

Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:00am

I didn’t realize a recent CNN story would attempt making me feel guilty about my annual father-son bonding ritual.

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Think twice before relocating to a rural home

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 5:00am

As more Americans can do their jobs from any remote location, a trend has been to relocate from urban and suburban areas to lower-cost, rural areas, according to a report by the Center for Rural Innovation.

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Reimagining Texas’ Health Care System by Investing in Primary Care Research and Innovation

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 5:00am

Until 2021, most Texans didn’t think twice about the state’s electrical grid. But that year, the grid widely failed when an Arctic snowstorm strained its capacity, leaving millions without electricity or heat for several days, wreaking havoc on the state. The collective shock of that experience drew Texans’ attention to the fact that the electrical grid needs regular maintenance, investment, and research and development to ensure it can keep pace with the state’s growing population and changing energy needs.

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Suicide can be prevented

Sun, 09/15/2024 - 5:00am

September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Suicide prevention is not only an individual effort, but a community effort. It takes intention, connectedness, and compassion from all of us and all of our systems. Unfortunately, our region continues to experience an increase in the number of individuals who need support and care. A recent study shows the majority of adults (94%) believe that suicide can be prevented, at least some of the time, and 96% of adults in the U.S. would take action if someone close to them was thinking about suicide.

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New Texas laws now in effect

Wed, 09/11/2024 - 5:00am

It took some time, but a set of new laws and rules passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 went into effect on Sept. 1, the Houston Chronicle reported. Prominent among these are the SCOPE Act, or Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act, which tightens restrictions for online users younger than 18.