Lung cancer - Hispanic health care workers saluted for helping evacuees

Hispanic health care workers saluted for helping evacuees
San Antonio Express News - The man stood in line for more than an hour, clutching a sheet of paper. When he finally reached the San Antonio clinician helping with triage for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, he handed over the document and unbuttoned his shirt. There, dangling from

2005 Power of the Pen
Hamilton Spectator - No way Jose, I am not going in there. This is what I thought to myself as I looked up at the big, old, creepy-looking house I was obligated to enter. It was located on an eerie, deserted lane. See, it was Saturday and I was doing deliveries for

A punishing predicament
Columbus Dispatch - Storm warnings were in the air as a 13-year-old George Chatters approached his East Side home on his bike. People in the neighborhood were saying my dad was looking for me," recalled Chatters, 39. He was touring the city in his car." The

Guest essay: You can reduce risk of heart disease
Public Opinion - Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. One in five women in the United States have some form of heart disease. American women are six times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer. Heart disease kills more women over

Parents of conjoined twins overwhelmed by support
Bismarck Tribune - FARGO (AP) - Parents of conjoined twins Abby and Belle Carlsen say they are overwhelmed by the support and generosity of others who are touched by their story. "If we could just ask everyone in Fargo to be honorary godparents, that would be so cool

Stix Nix Crix Pix!:
Slate - Troubleshooter Peppers Troubled Shooter: Cheney "troubleshooter" Mary Matalin really knows how to keep herself out of the story , huh? Anything to selflessly make her boss look good: She also described a vice president, who, she said, was in no

Battling Back
Home News Tribune - As they had been doing for months, Jill Rann's parents tiptoed into their sleeping daughter's bedroom shortly before midnight. Only on this particular evening three weeks ago, Mark and Paula Rann were carrying more than a chemotherapy pill for their

Take Care of Bone Density Before It's Too Late
Hollister Free Lance - Q: I'm a woman in my mid-50s with a family history of osteoporosis. How and when should I get screened for this disease? A: Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning disease that makes you more susceptible to breaking a bone. Each year, it's responsible for

Heart Health
MSNBC - Taking prescription beta blocker or statin drugs may boost the chances of having only mild chest pain instead of a heart attack as the first symptom of heart disease, researchers reported. FULL STORY