Jameson Health rolls out prostate seed brachytherapy
Jameson Health System recently introduced prostate seed brachytherapy as a new prostate cancer treatment. Five local men have undergone the outpatient procedure using ultrasound guided placement of tiny radioactive seeds by a team including two surgeons, a physicist and an oncologist. The seeds deliver targeted radiation with shorter decay and less damage to surrounding tissue.
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Jameson Health System
Brachytherapy Seeds Roll Out in Local Health System
Doctors Elisco Amina Pommerheim Proctor and others trained by ProSeed outline brachytherapy use with cancers. Seeds numbered eighty to one hundred per patient aim for long term disease free survival and preserved quality of life. Health System partners with ProSeed to acquire equipment software planning and staff training for this option.
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Elisco
Jameson
ProSeed
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FirstEnergy consolidating ops but pledges stable service
FirstEnergy, parent of Penn Power, plans regional consolidation in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania without harming service. Ellen Raines notes staffing has fluctuated little, with 500 distributed employees in 1998, 478 in 1999, and 506 in 2000, while union staff declined slightly. The firm stresses readiness for outages and will keep Penn Power offices like New Castle open.
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Weekend thunderstorms leave some without power for 19 hours
Thunderstorms Friday left New Galilee residents without electricity for up to 19 hours ending around 10:45 p.m. Affected homeowner Donald Marich reported losses of over $2,000 in freezer items and said Penn Power crews were dispatched. By Saturday afternoon, only seven customers remained without power, as crews investigated transformer or pole issues.
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Charlene Marich
New Galilee RD 1
Penn Power
Ohio Edison
Donald Marich
Kaylee
Jim Visingardi
Penn Power Line
New Castle
Electric Company
Marich
Visingardi
Indonesia Seismic Tragedy Strikes Sumatra Killing Dozens
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near Bengkulu, Sumatra, killed at least 58 people and injured about 500 as hundreds of aftershocks rattled the region. Rescue workers, hospitals overwhelmed, widespread panic, power and water outages, and ships delivering aid marked the chaotic response.
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Sumatra
Bengkulu
Ali Muchtar
Bengkulu Health Department
Indian Ocean
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Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Service
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Golden
Colo
Enggane Island
Hariyono
Navy
Marshall Ontowiryo
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