Parkland News Flash - December 3

KRLD-AM reported how countless individuals have been able to breathe a sigh of relief over the past three decades thanks to the assistance they received from specialists at the North Texas Poison Center housed at Parkland. Specialists are available 24/7 to answer questions from frantic parents, farmers or anyone else with a poison question by calling 1.800.222.1222.

Parkland HEALTHplus, the program that helps Dallas County residents pay for their health care services at Parkland, was featured in Al Día. The program, which is not health insurance, is for all Dallas County residents who qualify.

With careful consumption, beer can benefit your health. Navin Hariprasad, nutrition patient service manager at Parkland, told KERA-FM how beer's mixture of wheat, hops and yeast contain vitamins and minerals like polyphenol, which can lower cholesterol, and chromium, which helps the body use sugar properly.

Accessing care can be a major challenge for patients with diabetes. Star Local Media, a group of locally based newspapers including Mesquite News and Carrollton Leader, detailed Parkland's team approach of physicians, nurses, psychologists, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers and financial experts who rotate around the patient, instead of making the patient adjust to the needs of the care providers.