Scott County cancer study highlights higher rates and funding efforts
Researchers from Kansas State University and the University of Kansas Medical Center evaluated cancer and neurological disease in Scott County. The study, funded locally by the Scott County Health Foundation and later the Kansas Masonic Foundation, used telephone interviews from 515 households in Scott County plus comparisons with Stevens and Comanche counties. Results show higher prostate and skin cancer in Scott County, with Comanche not clearly lower, and neurological disease lower in Comanche yet not definitively higher in Scott or Stevens. Further research on environmental factors, air and water samples, and preventive measures is planned.
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Comanche
Stevens County
Comanche County
Cancer Rates by County Across Scott Stevens and Comanche
In Scott County 19 women reported breast cancer while Stevens had nine and Comanche eight. Cervical cancer affected 11 in Scott, six in Stevens, and two in Comanche. Colon or rectal cancer struck seven men and one woman in Scott, one man and three women in Stevens, and one man and three women in Comanche. Kidney cancer affected two men in Scott, one man in Stevens, and two men in Comanche. Liver cancer involved two men and two women in Scott, two men and one woman in Stevens, and two men in Comanche. Lung cancer counted six men in Scott, two in Stevens, and four in Comanche. Stomach/intestinal cancer had one woman in Scott. Stevens reported two men and one woman, while Comanche had one man with stomach cancer.
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Stevens County
Comanche County
Stevens
Comanche
Neurological diseases by county in survey data
In Scott County multiple sclerosis affects one man and three women while Alzheimer's hits two men and one woman. Stevens County reports two women with multiple sclerosis and one woman with Alzheimer's. Comanche County has one man with multiple sclerosis and two men with Alzheimer's. Epilepsy appears in Scott County with three cases. Stevens and Comanche report none. Parkinson's disease: Scott County four women and two men. Stevens one man and one woman. Comanche two men. Strokes total three men and five women in Scott County. Stevens reports one man and one woman. Comanche two men. Fibromyalgia appears in four women in Scott County. Stevens reports three men and two women. Comanche none in Comanche County.
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Stevens County
Comanche County
Patriotism At Abe Hubert Middle School Turns To Classroom Reflection
Local students continue a pledge ritual and fall dance backdrop featuring an American flag while the student council designs a patriotic hawk shirt. Teachers note lingering concerns about the war on terrorism as lessons cover Afghanistan culture and dress.
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Sondra Sheets
Abe Hubert
Sheets
Veteran IV reporter fired for sprinkling powder prank
Des Moines Iowa AP A veteran KCCL TV reporter Steve Oswalt 48 who served 15 years at the station was fired after jokingly sprinkling face powder in the newsroom Monday managers say there was no threat. His attorney says the act was harmless and Oswalt disputes any rationale for concern.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Steve Oswalt
Kccl TV
George LaMarca
LaMarca
Steve
Dave Busiek
Oswalt
Anthrax fears rise as CBS NBC staffer contracts disease
NBC and CBS figures report anthrax exposure cases in New York. Fletcher, a CBS worker, tested positive after partial symptoms. officials stress no spread and public risk minimal. Giuliani cites absence of additional cases while Brokaw's team and others undergo treatment and testing.
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ABC News
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Bernard Fletcher
England
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New Jersey
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Senate
Tom Daschle
Washington
George Pataki
New York City
Special forces on the ground in Afghanistan debated
U S officials discuss recent steps toward deploying special operations troops in Afghanistan. Navy carrier Kitty Hawk has loaded forces, AC-130 gunships begun southern strikes, while Bush and Cheney outline aims and caution about disclosing ground roles. Rumsfeld says air power alone won’t finish the mission and stresses the need for ground forces to root out Al Qaeda and Taliban shelters. Rice notes signs of degrading Taliban military capability and stresses postwar representation for all Afghan interests.
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Osama bin Laden
Taliban
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