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Baby Boomers Redefining "Golden Age"
January 27, 2006
Leave it to the "baby boomers" to shatter yet another stereotype. Sixty is the new 40. And just in the knick of time.


High-Profile Case Underscores Need for Foster/Adoptive Parents
April 4, 2008
When the Department of Family & Protective Services removed 416 children from a polygamous sect near Eldorado, it drew statewide attention to perhaps the single...


Senator Nelson Recognized in Fight Against Breast Cancer
February 9, 2008
AUSTIN -- Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, will receive Susan G. Komen for the Cure's first-ever Legislative Champion of the Year Award during a ceremony at the Wyndham Anatole hotel in Dallas at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2008...


Senator Nelson To Chair Medicaid Oversight Committee
February 20, 2008
Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, today was selected as presiding officer of the Medicaid Reform Legislative Oversight Committee....


Toasting good health for Texas residents
December 31, 2007
With the new year fast approaching, let's toast to our health – the health of your families, our neighbors and our state. It is an appropriate sentiment at the end of 2007, which saw health and human services became one of, if not the, most dominant issues in the public square.


Texans Celebrate Victory of Proposition 15
November 6th, 2007
Cancer bond supporters celebrate at Driskill...celebrating the victory of the $3 billion cancer research proposal.


Senator Nelson Named Key Player of 2007 Legislature
2007
Jane Nelson is a conservative Republican, but Democrat John Sharp and his allies in a $3 billion cancer research initiative knew from the start that she was the state senator they needed to have as their sponsor in the Capitol's east wing....


Senator Nelson Named Texas' Best Medicine Legislator
October 18th, 2007
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) announces its prestigious 2007 Texas Medicine’s Best legislator award winners, honoring 10 state legislators for their dedication to improving the accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness of Texas’ health care system.


Medical Community Applauds Senator Nelson's Fitness Initiative
February 2nd, 2007
“The Texas Medical Association stands firmly behind Sen. Jane Nelson’s actions to promote prevention and wellness among Texas schoolchildren. Her fitness initiative and call for accountability is a critical step toward curbing the escalating childhood obesity epidemic..."

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