News For: Medicade In Florida'Cancer' is lost in translation In the Navajo Nation, cancer is "Lood doo na'ziihii," which literally means "the sore [or wound] that does not heal." ������ That translation - and others that do not accurately capture modern medical terms - has contributed to problems the Navajo face in battling the disease, says People in Business Dr. Stanley Bradley has been named as the full-time hospice medical director of the Washington Regional Hospice. Bradley will be making home visits to hospice patients in Washington, Benton and Madison counties and will be available for hospital consultations. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and completed his residency at the Arkansas Health ... Woman to give plea in alleged cancer scam A Gardnerville woman accused of bilking nearly $4,000 in money and gifts by claiming to have cancer is set to appear Sept. 30 before District Judge Dave Gamble. Holding life in our hands: a houseful of unfulfilled dreams It was cancer, and it all happened faster than we expected. Not 24 hours after my mother-in-law's ashes were scattered at sea, I found myself sitting on her bed, staring blankly into her bedroom closet, with a trash bin beside me. Florida couple turns food talk into board game MIAMI -- Eric and Monica Ash moved to northwest Broward, Fla., from Alexandria, Va., in May with a newborn, a toddler and no regular paychecks to cover the mortgage or employers to subsidize the health insurance. Eric says they're living a dream. Forum on medical school Have you ever wondered what it takes to get into medical school? How would you apply? What classes and tests should you take in high school or college? Health care charges cloaked in confusion It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment. |

