Testing key to beating colon cancer highlighted
Dear Abby and Dr. Stephen F. Sener urge regular colon cancer testing to prevent or detect early, noting nationwide deaths exceed 96 000 annually. National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is promoted with a toll free kit offer from the American Cancer Society to discuss testing with physicians.
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Abby
Marah
The
American Cancer Society
Step family guidance from Amy Dickinson on steady parenting
Advice to improve trust with stepchildren by staying pleasant and engaged. Do not label them spoiled, but offer opportunities to connect and learn their true personalities. Notes on supporting a father and balancing roles, with a reference to the Step Family Association of America and its resources.
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Amy
Tita Jather
Steel
Renee
Step Family Association of America
Doctors take charge as physicians buy Midway Hospital
In Los Angeles Shahram Ravan and six physician-owners bought Midway Hospital Medical Center for 12 million dollars after discovering cost flaw in a common ulcer drug. They cut the price from 3.20 to 0.32 per pill, saving about 4.4 million, and aim to balance medicine with solid business while facing industry risks and investor scrutiny.
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Los Angeles
Shahram Ravan
Midway Hospital Medical Center
Ravan
Midway
Parfowner
California
Tenet Healthcare Corp
Jeremy Hogue
Sovereign Healthcare
Newport Beach
Calif
Arizona
Mayo Clinic
GA Inc
New Tenet
United Stat i O
Tenet
Ron Stern
Jeopandy
Stern
Alvaro Lopez
Midway Hospital
Aspirin helps older women cut stroke risk findings show
ORLANDO Florida middle aged women cutting stroke risk with low dose aspirin, benefits extend to women 65 and older, while vitamin B1 shows no benefit. The Women's Health Study, first long term test of aspirin or vitamin E in women, reported at ACC meeting and online in NEJM. Findings hailed as major public health implications.
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Orlando
Fla
American College of Cardiology
New England Journal of Medicine
Elizabeth Nabel
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Cancer Institute
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