| 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.
Esophagectomy Safe for Obese Patients
A special type of surgery to remove the esophagus in patients with esophageal cancer is safe for people who are obese, say U.S. scientists. Since the obesity epidemic of the last 20 years has increased the incidence of reflux disease, which has produced a 350-percent increase in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma, the researchers think this information is good news for thoracic surgeons and oncologists. John Alexander and his colleagues at the University of Michigan Health system studied 133 profoundly obese patients with a body mass index of 35 or more who underwent transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) at the University of Michigan Health System between 1977 and 2006. .
Insurance plan would lower rates
For the first time in years, state lawmakers sided with homeowners at the expense of the insurance industry Sunday as they hammered out a massive hurricane-insurance overhaul that they promise will lower rates. The promised rate cuts of 5 percent to 25 percent -- varying from place to place and company to company -- are based largely on two measures: having the state shoulder an unprecedented $35 billion in insurance risk, and expanding state-run Citizens Property Insurance to compete with private companies in high-risk areas. Citizens customers, who live mostly along the coast and largely in South Florida, will see the smallest savings, from 5 percent to 20 percent, compared to their 2006 rates. But lawmakers won't and can't guarantee that it all will work.
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