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Abuse Hotline for APS Family Investigators

Alzheimer's Association

800-272-3900

American Parkinson Disease Assoc. Information and Referral Center

(Dallas County)
Area Agency on Aging

APS Hotline

Emergency Hotline
Regional Office
Dallas Office


800-252-5400
817-792-4531
214-331-7700

Area Agency on Aging Eldercare Locator

Asbestos

Arthritis

Attorney General Dallas Office

214-969-7639

Attorney General's Consumer Complaint Hotline

800-621-0508

Attorney General's Medical Fraud Control Unit

512-463-2011

Benefits Checkup

You supply information about income and needs and it will list programs and services in the geographic area specified. Contact information is provided

Bone Health/Osteoporosis

CAPS (Children of Aging Parents)

City of Dallas- Crisis Intervention

(emergency)

214-670-4225

City of Dallas- Office of Senior Affairs

214-670-5227

Clinical Trials

Collin County Committee on Aging, Inc.

Contact Dallas

Counseling @ Home Senior Services

Dallas Area Agency on Aging

Dallas County Mental Illness Court

214-653-7485

Dallas County Probate Court Investigators

214-653-6446

Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind

Drug Digest

Garland- Office of Senior Affairs

972-205-2890

Handyman
Plain-O Helpers (Plano)

Hospitals

Presbyterian Hospital of Plano


972-981-8000

Info on Legal Issues for Texas Seniors

Information and Referral Center of Plano

Irving Office of Aging

972-721-2496

Jewish Family Service

Kosher Home Delivered Meals

972-437-9950

Lab Test Online

Legal Guide for
Cancer Patients

Meals on Wheels

MedlinePlus

Mesothelioma Center

Mesquite Social Services

922-285-3000

National Cancer Institute

NIAMS

(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Parkinsonism Society

Pastoral Counseling Center

Senior Adult Services

(Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, and Farmer's Branch)

972-242-4464

Seniors and the Law

Senior Health

Social Security Online

SPCA Senior Unlimited

Texas Council on Family Violence

800-799-7233

Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)

800-458-9858

Texas Department of Human Services

You supply information about income and expenses and it will list state programs for which a person might be eligible. Contact information provided.

Texas Department of Insurance

Complaints Forms

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)

Texas Legal Services Center

Texas Records and Information Locator

TRAIL provides access to Texas State government information contained in electronic publications. TRAIL facilitates ready access to the information for Texas citizens and other users.

The Senior Source

214-823-5700

Veteran Services Office for Dallas County

214-819-1885

Womens' Health

Yahoo - Health
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Sep 02, 2010 06:55PM

Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)

AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?

Sep 02, 2010 01:01AM

Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.


Sep 01, 2010 03:27PM

New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB (AP)

This undated photo released by Cepheid, shows a Cepheid  Xpert MTB/RIF cartridge. The cartridge is part of a test that is a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis and can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. (AP Photo/Cepheid) NO SALESAP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.


Sep 01, 2010 03:25PM

Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP)

AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.

Aug 31, 2010 04:48PM

Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal (AP)

AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

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