From TX Department of of State Health Services:

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued an advisory warning people not to consume or to limit consumption of certain fish caught in all waters off the Texas coast due to unsafe levels of mercury.

Women of childbearing age, including women who are nursing, and children under 12 years old should not consume certain fish off the Texas coast. The advisory recommends women past childbearing age and adult men limit their consumption of fish from this area to no more than one or two meals per month. A meal is 8 ounces of fish. (See chart below for specific recommendations.) 

The term "gluten-free" comes up frequently in conversation lately, since many of us have discovered that some of the physical discomfort we may be experiencing after eating stems from what we're eating.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck from ABC's "The View" has written a book, called The G-Free Diet, about her experiences living with Celiac disease, helping to spread awareness about the disease and how it can be treated by changing what one eats.

Gluten is a protein complex found in wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye and triticale, and very negatively affects many people. The American Dietetic Association says that one in 133 people in the U.S. have celiac diesease, and most of them don't know it. It affects children as well as adults, of course.

From East Texas Medical Center:

The East Texas Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute will hold a free heart health fair on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 8-11 a.m. in the ETMC Pavilion, 801 Clinic Drive in Tyler.

“February is heart month and ETMC wants East Texans to come to the health fair to make sure they are heart healthy,” said John Stewart, vice president of the ETMC Cardiovascular Institute.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, heart disease is a major problem. Every year, about 715,000 Americans have a heart attack. About 600,000 people die from heart disease in the United States each year—that’s one out of every four deaths.

The event will offer cholesterol and blood glucose, blood pressure, carotid artery, ankle-brachial index, electrocardiogram, body fat, heart rate and pulse oximetry screenings, plus health information and giveaways.

To RSVP call ETMC HealthFirst at 800-648-8141 and press 2.