| Tragic event about stomach cancer
In a tragic event of unfortunate misdiagnosis, The Daily Mail is reporting that teen Stacey Stephenson died of stomach cancer after repeatedly being diagnosed with acid indigestion. At the beginning of summer, Stephenson began having digestive problems related to eating. When she visited the doctor, she was told she suffered from acid indigestion and given a prescription to combat acid indigestion.
However, several weeks later, when the young woman of 19 noticed her symptoms had not improved, she returned to see the doctor again. Again, she was told she suffered from acid indigestion. Shortly after, she went with friends to Greece on holiday. During holiday in Greece, the stomach pain became severe and she sought medical attention. An X-ray revealed a stomach tumor and this is when her stomach cancer diagnosis was made.
Larry Elder: Couric's got the blues
CBS news anchor Katie Couric, invited to a recent briefing at the White House, complained about being the only journalist in attendance "wearing a skirt." Her colleagues included ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos; NBC's Brian Williams and Tim Russert; CBS's Bob Schieffer; CNN's Wolf Blitzer; and FOX's Brit Hume. Presumably, Couric's complaint concerned her status as the lone female in that room, rather than the restrictive dress code. Few viewers, I suspect, wish to see Tim Russert in a tutu or Brit Hume sporting a bra. So let's deal with Couric's complaint. Couric, on her CBS "Couric & Co." blog, thought it astonishing that, in the post-1970s women's liberation era, she found herself the only female news anchor in the room. In her blog entry, called, "Katie: A Woman at the Table," she wrote that women "only" comprise 16 percent of Congress but account for 51 percent of the population.
Can't sleep? Try some lifestyle changes, doctor says
BIRMINGHAM -- Pearson Sadler can pinpoint to the day the last time he got a good night's sleep: March 15, 1996. Insomnia has tortured Sadler for more than a decade and he has tried various remedies to put the problem to rest. He now manages his sleep through prescription sleep medications for chronic insomnia. Still, he has frequent trouble getting what he considers a restful sleep, he said. "I didn't have problems getting to sleep, but I would wake up 45 minutes to an hour later and think it was time for work," he said. "Then I'd look at the clock and realize it was the middle of the night and I couldn't get back to sleep." Nearly everyone has occasional sleepless nights, perhaps because of stress, heartburn or too much caffeine or alcohol.
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