10/12/2008 News For: Compare medicare Costs In MichiganMedicare Rx talk set for Wednesday Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield is sending its Medicare experts to Coos Bay to talk with people about Medicare options. Arrest in murder conspiracy probe A woman is held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder after a man is hit by a car in Oxford. 'Your Bosom Buddies' now in Homestead The support group Your Bosom Buddies will now have a chapter in Homestead. Active in assistance at Baptist Hospital in Kendall for the last 11 years, the organization will be able to better serve those affected by breast cancer in South Miami-Dade. 1,848 Breast Cancer Diagnoses And 398 Deaths In Kansas During 2002-2006 Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women but screening and early detection can help identify cancer in its early stages when the disease is most treatable. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and women should become informed about their risks of developing cancer and how effective screening for the disease is. Compare hospitals on heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia Welcome to a new era of openness in medical care. In this interactive USA TODAY graphic, you'll find medicine's best-kept secret revealed: death rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia for every hospital in the nation. DeMATTEO: How many calories in Taxol and other weight-conscious musings Editor?s note: This is the 10th installment of Assistant Metro Editor Ann DeMatteo?s columns about her breast cancer. |


