January 1, 2023 - Maternal Mortality in North Texas with Dr. Aiyanna Anderson; Hazards of Vaping with Dr. Andrew Miller; Children's Dental Needs with Dr. Tonya Fuqua

Maternal mortality is a big issue that needs legislative attention in 2023. Dr. Aiyanna B. Anderson, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth joins us to discuss taking the best care of new moms in the new year.

Parents, there’s a rather harsh reality that vaping is something your school-age child will encounter at some point. The statistics are that far more teens and pre-teens are vaping than admitting they are vaping. And many adults vape as a “safer way to smoke.”

How safe is vaping? What do we know about it? And can it cause lung cancer, similar to the cigarettes it it supposed to “replace?”

We explore this with Dr. Andrew Miller, Pulmonologist at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.

Finally, we re-visit another segment we ran earlier this year with Dr. Tonya Fuqua, a partner at Fuqua Advanced Dental in Southlake and also serves the dental needs of low-income children in our community through Cook Children’s non-profit dental program, “Save a Smile.”

Dr. Fuqua is a wealth of information and tells us the biggest childhood disease is tooth decay. This is great information for kids and adults!