Family seeks help with funeral expenses
VALDOSTA — A local family is seeking help with funeral expenses. Sylvester Williams, 67, passed away Tuesday following a lengthy battle with colon cancer, says his wife, Bridgett Williams.
July 31, 2008
Patient sues, claims he was scalded
A cancer patient sued Central Montgomery Medical Center in Hatfield Township and one of its nursing assistants, claiming the employee scalded him with hot, soaked towels during a stay at the hospital.
Potential Urine Test For Colon Cancer Detection
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a urine test for detecting colon cancer, the third most common cancer in the United States. Such a test could eventually compliment or even reduce the need for colonoscopy, the mainstay screening test used today. The study, which analyzes chemical differences in the urine of humans with and without colon cancer, is in ACS' Journal of
The news of the death of longtime ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and the revelation that actress Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve has lung cancer has shaken Americans out of their slumber into doing something to make sure that they do not fall a victim to what has been widely dubbed as "the deadliest cancer."
