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Prices for most name-brand prescription drugs have risen 208 percent from 2008 to 2016. That is causing up to 20 percent of people to either skip taking their much-needed medication or cut it in half to reduce costs. But now researchers are looking towards a cheaper and more natural alternative.

Traveling this week for the holiday — flu activity is on the rise. Officials in Dallas County say it’s increasing earlier than normal.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what the energy emitted by the earth is called.

For people with port-wine stain birthmarks, laser surgery is one way to soften the appearance. Treatment can be uncomfortable, and in the past, some doctors recommended waiting until a child was a few years old and could better tolerate anesthesia. New improvements to laser devices means for some, the earlier the better.

Loeffler’s syndrome is a serious, but rare respiratory infection that can take doctors months to diagnose. In the most severe cases, that critical time can lead to organ damage.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back on the Supreme Court bench after missing time last week with what the court described as a stomach bug. The 86-year-old Ginsburg climbed the three steps and took her seat for a brief court session Monday. She was absent when the justices last met in public, to hear arguments on Wednesday.

At Cedar Crest Elementary School in Dallas, students start every day the exact same way. Principal Jawaid, who students call Mrs. J, wants to make sure every student knows that nothing can stop them because she’s a walking testimony of perseverance.

At Cedar Crest Elementary School in Dallas, students start every day the exact same way. Principal Jawaid, who students call Mrs. J, wants to make sure every student knows that nothing can stop them because she’s a walking testimony of perseverance.

They are called blade runners, elite athletes who are among the fastest in the world. The fastest running with only one or even no legs and they are among the first to break records with a new generation of prosthetics.

They are called blade runners, elite athletes who are among the fastest in the world. The fastest running with only one or even no legs and they are among the first to break records with a new generation of prosthetics.

More than 3.5 million Americans have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Every year, 100,000 more have their first psychotic episode. Despite this, experts in the field say there’s very little support or education for families or caregivers.

When someone is seriously burned, they face a number of health challenges. In order to close the wound, doctors graft skin from other parts of the body, creating more wounds and increasing the risk of infection. Now, a new system helps patients regenerate new skin.

When a patient has a heart attack, doctors are working against the clock. Often their heart is too weak to pump enough blood. Cardiologists in major U.S. medical centers are taking part in the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative. That study is evaluating the best way to use a tiny pump as wide as a straw, to keep patients alive.

When a patient has a heart attack, doctors are working against the clock. Often their heart is too weak to pump enough blood. Cardiologists in major U.S. medical centers are taking part in the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative. That study is evaluating the best way to use a tiny pump as wide as a straw, to keep patients alive.

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, where people can turnover unused or expired medications.

What happens when heart disease is so bad that thick plaque makes it nearly impossible to even place a stent in the arteries? Meet one woman who is part of a clinical trial using shockwaves to fracture that plaque.

What happens when heart disease is so bad that thick plaque makes it nearly impossible to even place a stent in the arteries? Meet one woman who is part of a clinical trial using shockwaves to fracture that plaque.

New antiviral drugs that can actually cure hepatitis C are proving so effective, that doctors are now doing what had previously been unheard of, they’re transplanting infected livers into patients on transplant wait lists.

Kaylene Bowen-Wright — a Dallas mother who faked her son’s illness for eight years — causing him to get surgeries he didn’t need was sentenced to six years in prison Friday.

Kaylene Bowen-Wright — a Dallas mother who faked her son’s illness for eight years — causing him to get surgeries he didn’t need was sentenced to six years in prison Friday.