HMOs Linked to Earlier Cancer Detection in Elderly
AHCFA study of Medicare records shows HMO enrollees diagnosed with breast cervical colon cancer and melanomas at earlier stages than fee for service patients. Cervical cancer showed the largest gap with 58 percent vs 38.8 percent. The agency credits routine screenings but cautions no survival or cause attribution.
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Washington
Health Care Financing Administration
HCFA
Medicare
HMO
American Journal of Public Health
Marion boy in critical condition after substation shock
The 10 year old Adam Slater of Marion climbed a security fence at an IES substation near Hanna Park and received a shock exceeding 34 000 volts. He was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City in critical condition. Neighbors expressed disbelief and sadness over the accident.
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Michael J. Hamiil
Gazette
Conrad Swanson
Amado Vazquez
David Swanson
Iowa City
Conrad
Hickory Hill Park
University of Iowa
Sarah van Wyhe
Darain Metz Gazette
Marion
Adam Slater
Hillview Dr
IES
Hanna Park
Adam
University Hospitals
Wilma Pospisil
the Gazette
Penny Roberts
Tom Sawyer
Local Cedar Rapids cook restores personal touch to hunts cakes
After surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome a Cedar Rapids woman regains ability to hand craft hunt cakes. Anamosa veterinarians propose a collaboration to help small and medium hog operations pool resources. A petroleum spill cleanup along the San Jacinto River after floodwaters damaged pipelines prompts back page coverage. A Clayton County shooting death near Millville is reported as unconfirmed with a body found in the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
San Jacinto River
Houston
Clayton County
Millville
Rabin OKs hunt for Hamas leaders amid peace talks
Israel moves to target Hamas military leaders after a Tel Aviv bus attack as Rabin authorizes security forces to strike. Dozens of Hamas activists are rounded up while Jordan-Israel peace efforts resume and talks with Palestinians continue.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Tel Aviv
Jordan
Rabin
Likud
Clinton
Hamas
Shimon Shetreet
Associated Press
Nachshon Waxman
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
Egypt
United States
Britain
Inmate Kills Four at Alabama Prison Cattle Ranch
Kelvin O Neal Washington, 27, an inmate on a 20 year theft and assault sentence, killed prison director Charles Farquhar his wife Doris and two inmates at the Greensboro cattle ranch. He bludgeoned Farquhar set fire and hid bodies. two inmates were shot. Coroner to forensic labs.
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Greensboro
Ala
Kelvin O'Neal Washington
John Hale
State Department of Corrections
Washington
Charles Farquhar
Hale
Farquhar
Doris
Doris Farquhar
Kevin Crawford
Corning and Boswell Balance Gubernatorial Ticket Roles
The article profiles Joy Corning and Leonard Boswell as strategic running mates in a bid for Iowa’s governor and lieutenant governor. Corning, Branstad’s partner, faces GOP dissension while Boswell, Campbell’s pick, brings farming roots and military service to the Democratic balance in a race framed by ideological and gender considerations.
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Ken Sullivan
Joy Corning
Leonard Boswell
Gov. Corning
Terry Branstad
Fred Grandy
Corning
Boswell
Bonnie Campbell
Branstad
Campbell
Iowa
New York State
U.S. Army
GOP
Iowa Governors Hopefuls Face Broad Experience Records
Joy Corning, 62, Republican from Cedar Falls, former lieutenant governor, long school board president and state senator seeks governor with four year term and annual pay of 60000. Opponent, a 60 year old Democrat farmer from Davis City, veteran of 20 years in the U S Army and current Iowa Senate member since 1985, seeks governorship with similar duties in line of succession.
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Joy Corning
Cedar Falls
Greenfield
Waterloo
Iowa Senate
Davis City
U.S
Vietnam
Germany
Portugal
Decatur County
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