Longview doctor warns against dangers of heat and pregnancy

For some, it may feel like this time of year is getting worse. The growing season in East Texas begins after the last freeze of winter, and on average is about two weeks longer now than it was in 1970. This means the pollen season is also now about two weeks longer as well. You may wonder, does two weeks really make a difference?

On Wednesday, Champions for Children and Smith County Behavioral Leadership Team hosted the annual Brighter Future Symposium for the East Texas community to share information about raising resilient kids and giving them some tools to assess and work through adversity.

Five-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin joined East Texas Now host Devyn Shea to talk about a life-threatening kidney disease that has impacted her family.

“GSK, Glaxo Smith Kline, it’s the company that’s always made Flovent, my understanding is they’re still making the medication, they’ve just taken the Flovent label away and are now just calling it fluticasone,” said Dr. Henderson.

“There’s no way that this is happening to me. I’m active; I do anything I want to do,” said 72-year-old Tim Healy of Lufkin. He explained his last annual physical exam showed everything normal before the dizzy spells he had experienced for nearly a month.

East Texas physicians tell us more about what's becoming a more common problem in younger adults, and why they suspect it is. We speak to a survivor, as well, who shares her story.