by Research Team | Jan 9, 2016 | Health News
How often do we get to report good news in the war on cancer? Not often, but today there’s cause for celebration. There has been a 23 percent drop in the cancer death rate since its peak in 1991, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
by Research Team | Jan 9, 2016 | Health News
Washington lawmakers try to hike legal smoking age to 21 Lawmakers filed new bill in attempt to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 Check out this story on KREM.com: http://on.krem.com/1Re1eEd A man smokes in a designated smoking area in Tokyo,...
by Research Team | Jan 9, 2016 | Health News
The singer and daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole, Cole was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in 2009 after having a kidney transplant, according to Reuters. “She responded well to pulmonary arterial hypertension specific agents...
by Research Team | Jan 8, 2016 | Health News
A growing number of employers are offering additional insurance policies to workers that pay out a lump sum if they get cancer or another serious illness. These policies, which are voluntary, are proliferating at a time when employees are having to shoulder...
by Research Team | Jan 8, 2016 | Health News
When Carmel Price’s mother had an operation six years ago, Price helped her in the hospital but never really knew what the procedure was for. “I heard that she was having ‘reconstructive surgery,’ like that her organs had moved around and they...
