11/29/2008 News For: Alabama KidsReport: State does good job of insuring kids WASHINGTON Wisconsin has the nations fourth-lowest rate of uninsured children, but the director of a health advocacy group said the state could cover more kids if Congress expands the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. Business collects toys, donations for kids with cancer After watching her mom battle pancreatic and liver cancer, Jennifer Mihealsick is making sure children with different forms of cancer are taken care of this holiday season. Alabama Soldier Helping Wounded Warriors Lt. Col. Michael Bell helped establish a unit to improve treatment for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. More Help available for Medicare applicants The Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging is offering a program Tuesday that could prevent senior citizens from overpaying for medical costs. Study: Florida Ranked 2nd For Most Uninsured Kids Almost 19 percent of Florida children have no health insurance, giving Florida a dubious ranking of number 2 when it comes to most uninsured children in a state. The news doesn't get any better in the next year because��more layoffs are expected from various employers, and��companies are expected to increase the premiums to the workers who survive the layoffs. Friday eye-openers: Highlights of today's Birmingham News Store welcomes campers to its Leeds site Thanksgiving night as retailers get an early start on shopping. Carraway's medical residents are quick to land new jobs. Alabama State ends Tuskegee's win streak. Anita Baker's still giving the best she's got. Complete Iron Bowl and high school football playoff coverage. Support for difficult times: Lakeview Hospital breast cancer support group offers help for those battling the disease She exercised regularly and ate healthy. She didn't smoke and had no family history of cancer. Yet nearly one year ago Jenny Tuccitto, 32, a mother of two young kids, was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. |




