| Breast cancer program scheduled Thursday at Dome | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:59:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Being diagnosed at age 35 with the most aggressive form of breast cancer shocked Alison Eanes Score. Her sister's effort to educate Lincoln County's young women about the disease amazed her. Libby's Alexandra Eanes one year ago started the Alison Score Foundation for Breast Cancer Education on her sister's behalf. The non-profit from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, will host its first Score Foundation Evening at the Dome Theater in Libby. The educational event is free. .... | |
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| | | Medical insurance hikes loom in Mass. | | Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 5:04:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | The state's four major health insurers plan premium increases of more than 10 percent for most of their insurance products in 2007, the seventh consecutive year of double-digit hikes. Some employers are expected to react by switching to health plans with higher deductibles or by increasing copayments and making other changes that will result in additional out-of-pocket expenses for employees. The projections for next year's rates frustrated Massachusetts healthcare executives, who said they have been making efforts in recent years to rein in rising costs related to doctors' pay, drug spending, high-tech imaging, and surgery. ``I feel like Bill Murray in the movie `Groundhog Day,' " said Stephen Booma , executive vice president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's dominant health insurer, with about 3 million members.... | |
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| | | Why do I feel bad every time I see a baby or a pregnant woman? | | Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:57:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Eight years ago I gave birth to my third child. One week later I haemorrhaged badly and had to have an emergency hysterectomy. I spent three weeks in hospital recovering. For many years, not being able to have any more children did not bother me ? I was just grateful that I'd survived. I enjoy a great life and want for nothing. I know how extremely lucky I am, so why do I feel so terrible sometimes? Why am I jealous every time I hear about another pregnancy? .... | |
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| | | Radiology Treatment Often Replaces Need for Hysterectomy | | Posted Sunday, July 09, 2006 4:58:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | MERRIAM, Kan. -- Fibroids in the uterus are common and often cause no symptoms, but when the noncancerous tumors grow too large, they can cause chronic pain and bleeding, KMBC's Kelly Eckerman reported. While many women still choose hysterectomies to eliminate the problem, a growing number are choosing a nonsurgical approach. Debbie Tindell said she did not want a hysterectomy, but a benign fibroid tumor was growing in her uterus and so was the pain. "The pain, the discomfort. Every day I take ibuprofen or Advil and nothing would make the pain go away," Tindell said. .... | |
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