Paperless health care? 1 hospital's long journey
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Baby Riley Matthews wheezed noisily on the exam table. "He's belly-breathing," the emergency-room doctor said worriedly - Riley's little abdomen was markedly rising and falling with each breath, a sign of respiratory distress....
Final rules out for government stem cell research
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is creating a master list of which embryonic stem cells qualify for taxpayer-funded research, now that President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on the field....
Calif. regulators warn of pot's cancer capability
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients' suffering must soon come with a warning saying it causes the disease....
Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death
CHICAGO (AP) -- No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent....
Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health....
Baucus, hospitals said near deal
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials say the nation's hospitals are near a deal with the White House and a key lawmaker to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama's plan for expanded health coverage....
Senators say compromise key to health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It will take a compromise on a government option for insurance if the Senate is to agree on a health care overall before next month's break, two senators said Sunday....
Rangel: Drug firms have been 'stealing'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them....
Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday....
Wal-Mart, union back employer health insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wal-Mart is the latest in a line of traditionally Republican-leaning businesses to embrace key portions of President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul health care, a trend that could complicate opponents' efforts to build a united front when Congress ramps up its work on the issue this summer....
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Lung Cancer Answers from City of Hope
Dr. Kemp Kernstine of City of Hope on new screening methods and the most effective treatments for lung cancer.
US Cancer Deaths Rose by 5,400 in 2005
ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday....
Some Cancer Patients Turn to 'Coaches'
The advice made her head spin: Have the lump removed. No, let them take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion....
Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk
LONDON (AP) -- Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study....
Obesity Growing to Be Top Cancer Cause
BOSTON (AP) -- Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science....
Delaying Prostate Care OK for Some Men
Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular....
Flu News
US flu deaths seen as likely as outbreak spreads
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal officials warned on Tuesday that swine-flu related deaths were likely in the United States as the disease that killed scores in Mexico continued to spread across the world and governments intensified steps to battle the outbreak....
Developments on swine flu worldwide
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:...
Mississippi's still fattest but Alabama closing in
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. In 31 states, more than one in four adults are obese, says a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation....
Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk in women
LONDON (AP) -- Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were less likely to get cancer than those who did not....
Kerdoon Files 07.06.09
KNX 1070's Randy Kerdoon on Elephants facing Humans in hot dog BUN eating; a record performance in Bog Snorkeling; and what airline shows their attendants nearly naked?
KNX Business Hour 07.03.2009
State budget deadlock continues. Guests Dan Walters, political columnist Sacramento Bee, LA Council member Bernard Parks, Alex Hall, CEO Airship Ventures, and Suzy Welch, author "10 10 10."
KNX Business Hour 07.02.2009
Stocks move sharply lower on news that employers cut nearly half a million more jobs in June and America's unemployment rate has hit a 26 year high of 9.6. A computer glitch at the New York Stock Exchange delays the closing bell for 15 minutes! The major
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