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Screenings can stop colorectal cancer early
Jessamine County Health DepartmentIf you’re 50 or older, getting a colorectal cancer screening test could save your life. Colorectal cancer usually starts from polyps in the colon or rectum. A polyp is a growth that shouldn’t be there. Over time, some polyps turn into...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Colon Cancer
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Susan R. McCarney
janeth@herald-mail.comSusan McCarney was a woman in motion. Her family said it was typical for her to have completed several loads of laundry and have the house cleaned by 7 a.m. “She was always busy. She loved to clean, anything in the house, anybody’s house,&...Tags: Substance Abuse, Mashed Potatoes, Potatoes, Colon Cancer, Pies and Tarts
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Cancer Numbers in Virginia compared to Nation
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterCancer deaths nationwide are down 20% from a couple of decades ago. The numbers in Virginia are also down. "From an overall standpoint we've seen pretty comparable decreases," said Briggs Andrews, a Board Member with the American Cancer Society's South...Tags: American Cancer Society, Health Organizations, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer
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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: Parties and Movements, Root Canal, Politics, Methamphetamine (drug), John Boehner
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Letters: Tweaking Medicare's fee-for-service model
Re "Paying for results, not treatments," Editorial, Dec. 31 Your premise, switching from a Medicare fee-for-service payment model, does not take into account multiple variables physicians must consider. Putting financial burdens on doctors for better...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, General Practitioners, Chemical Industry, Nursing Homes, George Bernard Shaw
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How to make those healthy resolutions stick
What is it about the New Year that motivates us to take control of our health and our lives? After all, every month, every Monday, every day presents us with a new opportunity to cultivate more prudent habits. But there's something about Jan. 1 —...Tags: Human Interest, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Wii, High Blood Pressure
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Healthcare crisis: not enough specialists for the poor
The blurry vision began early last year. Roy Lawrence ignored it as long as he could. But after falling off a ladder at his construction job, he knew he had to see a doctor. He went to a community health clinic in South Los Angeles, where doctors...
Tags: General Practitioners, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009), Hospitals and Clinics, University of California, Los Angeles
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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: Human Interest, Pets, Prostate, Chemotherapy, Testosterone
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Protein linked to Parkinson's found in patients before onset of symptoms
Richard Fiske Bailey tries hard not to let Parkinson's disease slow him down. He has a license to drive motorcycles. He bikes. He walks without a cane or walker. But there are moments when the disorder affects him, said Bailey, 59. Sometimes he drags...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Rush University, Symptoms, Sigmoidoscopy, Parkinson's Disease
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An easier way to go
The most dreaded part of a colonoscopy is prepping for it. The day before the exam, patients often drink large amounts of a vile-tasting liquid, then it's off to the throne for the better part of the day and night. Though unpleasant, this extreme...Tags: Kidney Disease, Abdominal Pain, Dave Barry, Colon Cancer, Arts and Culture
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Rare Fecal Transplant Saves Woman's Life
CNNSACRAMENTO -- After surviving a near-fatal car accident, Kaitlin Hunter found herself battling a devastating bacterial infection in her colon that also threatened her life. The persistent infection was beaten through a little-known technique involving...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Abdominal Pain, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Enema
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Doctors urged to be more mindful of costs of procedures they order
What if your hotel bill looked like a hospital bill, asks Vineet Arora, an assistant dean and associate professor of medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine? What if every guest received a different rate card, unneeded services...
Tags: Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiologists, University of Chicago
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