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Congress' popularity reaches new low
How low can Congress go? Well, lower than a cockroach. Really. A nationwide poll last week conducted by Public Policy Polling found Americans had a higher opinion of cockroaches than of Congress. But the roaches had to scurry. They were more popular than...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Fox News Channel (tv network), Root Canal, Polls
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Spay us now or spay us later
I signed another sympathy card last week for the family of a wonderful female golden retriever that died from mammary adenocarcinoma (breast cancer). This type of cancer would most certainly have been prevented if she had been spayed at an appropriate...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Abdominal Pain, Testosterone, Hormones and Metabolism, Prostate
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Oh, Irene, You Taught Us Well
The Hartford CourantAs you get older, time tends to get away from you. Mostly, it accelerates. Usually this is not good: It can't be time for another colonoscopy, can it? I was thinking about this — time, not colonoscopies — Tuesday morning as I stood at...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Natural Disasters, Long Island, Hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Study: 2 in 5 Hoosiers will develop cancer during their life
A new study released Monday showed about 2.5 million Hoosiers, or two in five people now living in Indiana, will develop cancer. That’s 30,000 Hoosiers each year. Greenwood resident Rhonda Irskens never thought a colonoscopy would change her life...
Tags: Health, Medical Research, Lung Cancer, Cancer, Lungs and Airways
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Long wait for testing adds to patient's pain
By the time Mark Frye visited Cook County Hospital in Oak Forest last fall, the pains in his stomach were weeks old.
The 50-year-old had been without health insurance since he was laid off Oct. 31, 2008. Unable to afford COBRA payments or find a full-...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Health, Medical Services, Medical Procedures and Tests, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Woman organized 5K run/walk to honor mother and fight pancreatic cancer
HealthTo honor two women who lost lives to pancreatic cancer and raise funds for research to find a cure, Jenn LeConte of Hanover Township, Northampton County, started J's Run 5K Run & Fitness Walk, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 12 at Asa Packer... -
Strange place to get an update on Darnell Braswell
Groller's CornerGroller's Corner readers know I try to share almost everything on this blog -- the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between. Well, today I will share with you that I had my first colonoscopy this morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital on Cedar Crest... -
Conservative vs. Liberal: Healthcare
Opinion L.A.On Sunday, Charlotte Allen, who describes herself as a conservative somewhere to the right of Pedro the Cruel, and Diana Wagman, a pacifist, vegetarian, Prius-driving, NPR-listening liberal, explained in separate Opinion articles why they have trouble... -
Colon Cancer Screenings Save Lives
TribLocal - EvanstonBy Susan J. WhiteNorthShore University HealthSystem According to American Cancer Society estimates, approximately 141,200 people in the United States will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer …... -
Learning to fight back against the cancer nobody talked about
HealthMarch is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month. And while I normally don’t feel compelled to write about an awareness campaign linked to a specific day, week or month, this one is near and dear to my heart ... and my colon. I do feel it’s... -
Pennsylvania: High in the use of discretionary sedation during endoscopies, colonoscopies
HealthA study to be published tomorrow in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports on the increase in sedation for low risk patients, which varies notably by region.... -
ABC and Katie Couric finally make it official
Z on TVKatie Couric and ABC finally made it official today. Here's the email to staff from ABC President Ben Sherwood:I'm pleased to share important news: Anne Sweeney is announcing at this hour that Katie Couric will join the Disney/ABC Television Group to...
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