by MICHELLE SALEMI | Nov 28, 2012 | Science + Technology
One non-profit organization helps women who are battling cancer feel beautiful, despite losing their hair. An evening at the National Museum of Women in the Arts honors one extraordinary cancer patient and leaves a lasting legacy of one mother’s name.
by Erin Massey | Nov 20, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON—Julia Child inspired it all. The acclaimed cook, author, and television personality of the early 1960s who pioneered the beginnings of French cuisine in the United States with her cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cuisine,” may have left us, but her...
by Erin Massey | Nov 1, 2012 | Science + Technology, Sports
Gunnery Sgt. Jerry Embry and his nurse, Agnes Sicat, know what it’s like to face hurdles. In 2011, Embry, a motor transport mechanic and 22-year Marine, was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer known as Non- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Since his diagnoses, Sicat, a nurse at...
by MICHELLE SALEMI | Nov 1, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Innovations in mobile devices are offering more than bigger touch screens and fancy colors: They’re connecting people from shore to shore on global health. The mobile phone is a powerful tool that about 83 percent of American adults carry around in their...
by DeJonique Garrison & Hayat Norimine | Oct 10, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – A report by a health care advocacy group released Wednesday found that the Medicare program could save up to $100 billion in the next 10 years with proper restructuring, including minimizing unnecessary hospital admissions The Medicare Part A Trust Fund,...
by Kimiteru Tsuruta | Aug 20, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Although most of the health care debate has centered on medical care, many Americans are ending up in emergency rooms with severe tooth abscesses as federal and state governments struggle to expand access to dental care, according to a recent report. In...
