| 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.
Abbott to Initiate First Study to Evaluate XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in Treatment of Women ...
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott today announced plans to initiate the world's first drug-eluting stent clinical trial solely in women. The SPIRIT WOMEN trial will aim to increase understanding of how heart disease affects women, and will assess the performance of the XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in women with previously untreated coronary artery lesions. Each year, more women than men die of cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet women receive only 33 percent of angioplasties, stents and bypass surgeries; 28 percent of implantable defibrillators; and 36 percent of open-heart surgeries(1). This may be attributed to the fact that diagnosis of CVD in women is more challenging than in men, as women typically exhibit different symptoms than men because their symptoms are more gradual and subtle.
5 new ministers, but many miffed
BANGALORE: Heartburn and discontent in the BJP marked the long-postponed cabinet expansion on Thursday even as letdown aspirants in JD(S) pinned their hopes of getting a chance in the power shift later this year.
Three vacancies in the JD(S) and two in BJP were filled with all berths going to the major communities — Lingayats and Vokkaligas. Those who got in are H S Mahadeva Prasad, Alangur Srinivas and G T Deve Gowda (JDS) and Sogadu Shivanna and Appasaheb (Appu) Pattanashetty from the BJP.
Governor T N Chaturvedi administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly inducted members, all cabinet rank, in Raj Bhavan. Portfolios of the new ministers and likely changes in some of the old ones are expected to be announced over the weekend.
Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy managed to quell any uprising in the JD(S) as names of the new ministers were doing the rounds since the last expansion on June 22, 2006.
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