Iowa Experts Assure Low Thyroid Cancer Risk From Fallout
State epidemiologist Patricia Quinlisk and health officials say readers face minimal thyroid cancer risk from fallout. They note thyroid cancer is highly treatable with a low state rate under 5 per 100 000, far below lung cancer rates, and reassure the public, including Tama County residents, about safety.
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McGhee
Patricia Quinlisk
Quinlisk
Iowa
Tama County
Sharon Boulden
Tama County Health Department
Fallout from 1950s tests may raise thyroid cancer risk
NCI estimates 10 000 to 75 000 childhood thyroid cancer cases could arise from fallout exposure across the 48 states between 1951 and 1958. No proven link. experts urge caution while noting thyroid cancer is slow growing and highly curable.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Richard Klausner
Stanley Feld
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Contiguous States
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Colorado
South Dakota
Local notices and ads from Marion and Cedar Rapids area
Classified items include medical practice ad for Dr Hala J Webster Internists P C in Marion with phone 377 3188. Marea Flanagan chicken fried steak dinner at 1111 Ellis Blvd with 365 6768. rugs from Schumacher Carpets. Tama coaches nightly trip 364 7161. Lady Luck excursion 362 3939. Nebulizer meds at Suh Avenue Pharmacy Cedar Rapids 364 2406. Tama bingo 6 30 pm 5 admission 56 for 600. guest speaker line for Mark Bowden 398 5869.
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Flanagan
Ellis Blvd
Apartment shuffle boosts furniture surplus across Iowa City
City suspends waste removal rules during late July to early August allowing landlords to stack bulky refuse curbside. Goodwill stores overflow from donated furniture. Motel 6 Coralville reports near sold out rooms as Ryder and U Haul demand surges. U Haul inventory fills quickly. students struggle to locate trucks and nearby depots create distance to Davenport. Kaldenberg and Michael rely on friends for moving solutions.
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Iowa City
Lisa Handsaker
Handsaker
Goodwill
Eric Madison
Aimee Ellinger
Coralville
Art Dresden
U-Haul
Dresden
Michael
U of I
Davenport
Kaldenberg
Gulf veterans show brain impairment in new UT Dallas study
Dallas researchers report Gulf War veterans with illness scored worse than healthy peers on 59 of 71 cognitive tests, indicating subtle brain damage not explained by PTSD. The study involved 26 veterans with symptoms and 20 controls, and appears in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
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Gulf
Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Jim Hom
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At
UT Southwestern
Robert Haley
Tom Kurt
The
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Marea
Schumacher Carpets
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Suh Avenue Pharmacy
10Th St
Cedar Rapids
Bingo
Hawkeye Downs
the Gazette
Mark Bowden
Cecil Reynolds
Texas A&m University
Naval Reserve
Persian Gulf
Haley
Journal of the American Medical Association
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Rollerblade
Cheries Dance Studio
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Cherie
Center Point Rd
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