Rhonda Kitchens
Morning Assistant News Director
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Longtime journalist Rhonda Kitchens is the morning assistant news director and co-anchor of 7 News Sunrise.
Rhonda oversees the morning newscasts on both KPLC and FOX29.
Kitchens previously served as news content manager/assistant news director at KBMT in Beaumont; for three years as executive producer, reporter and anchor at FOX29; and worked for seven years as anchor and investigative reporter at KPLC.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:41 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are now looking at a program using artificial intelligence to catch the tiniest cancers that might be easy to miss.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Surgeons are using a breakthrough technique to make sunken chest surgery less painful.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:41 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors are testing a tiny device designed to relieve pressure in a patient's heart and give them back their lives.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:22 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers found 15 to 30 percent of long haulers’ cognitive skills, like memory, were impacted.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:33 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
This new treatment aims to treat both osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Project Trey will be holding a drug overdose awareness walk on March 19.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are working on innovative ways to help their patients enjoy the things they thought they would never do again.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 7:06 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new way to spot lung cancer and remove it is giving patients hope of surviving.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 8:44 AM CDT
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors estimate 11% of medical procedures are unnecessary.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:04 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A Duke study found African American patients who had suffered a heart attack were almost two times more likely than white patients to die within a year of treatment.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:22 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Studies are being conducted to determine if blue light therapy can help veterans deal with chronic pain and insomnia.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:15 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
There are some foods you would never have thought could be harmful to your heart.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:11 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A report shows 32 people in the United States are killed every day in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 9:31 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers identified a rare genetic mutation that effects how so-called “good” cholesterol works in the body.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:40 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new device may help patients breathe more freely.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 8:29 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Cancer researchers want to know what role chronic inflammation caused by physical or emotional stress can play on a patient’s cognition.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 7:57 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors now have a new drug for women with metastatic breast cancer where nothing else has worked.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:34 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
It’s a cancer that young men might overlook or, at first, ignore.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 6:52 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Experts say it’s essential that all adults, including young adults, learn the signs and symptoms of cancer.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 8:43 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
In one study, participants did better on memory tests for at least a month.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Only a small portion of federal cancer research funding goes to childhood cancer.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 7:29 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Eating disorders, especially binge eating, increased among young people during COVID lockdowns and it’s not getting better.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:21 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are using the power of AI to help more accurately assess a patient’s safety behind the wheel.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 7:47 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new “smart knee” component may be giving patients and doctors valuable feedback on how to improve knee replacement.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 6:29 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Recent research found that prescription folic acid reduced suicide thoughts by 44% in patients.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:56 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors at the City of Hope are working to change how we treat aging cancer patients.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 11:57 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Yale scientists have developed a new gene editing technique that targets a mutation at the root of the condition.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:08 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
We have some tips to help offset a vitamin D deficiency
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:54 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
What's better for your brain? Video games or crossword puzzles?
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 8:50 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new less invasive technique is repairing rather than replacing leaky valves.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 7:49 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new procedure is giving hope to patients who were running out of options and time.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:51 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
When treated early, proton therapy can cure almost 95 percent of ocular cancers.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 2:37 PM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new technology similar to the navigation system for self-driving cars is improving accuracy and patient safety in the operating room.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:16 PM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Certified genetic counselor Kristen Shannon said a huge increase in the number of testing labs has made a recent, dramatic difference in the field.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 8:29 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
He was described by his family as their brave warrior, who loved video games, legos, cartoons, and sunflowers.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 8:40 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new type of pacemaker may keep hearts going without using any wires at all.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:36 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Feeling tired can be an early warning sign of a migraine coming on.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 7:44 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
“Two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients here in the US are women.”
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:27 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
If you've had a parent or sibling who's had a brain aneurysm you may want to talk to your doctor.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:38 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
mRNA shots teach cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response if someone gets infected.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:52 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
A new study out of the UK shows brisk walkers may enjoy additional health benefits.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:34 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Scientists are studying the little pieces of enamel and dentin with the hopes of unlocking information about early childhood stress.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 8:35 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
We look at 8 exercise myths you may have heard.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 8:32 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Robots like Moxi may fast become a nurse’s new best friend.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 9:50 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Health experts say E.R. overcrowding is reaching crisis levels.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 8:48 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Experts say the best way to get these nutrients is still adjusting your diet.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 7:55 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors are researching why so many who take the Paxlovid get COVID again a few weeks later.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 9:03 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
The drug has recently been FDA approved for use.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 6:15 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers say a nasal spray may have fewer side effects than a shot.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 8:59 AM CST
|By Rhonda Kitchens
New breakthroughs are keeping women alive longer while researchers race to find the next therapy that will work.
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