(8 stories) Report Shows Which Counties Are Healthiest

Health - News March 30, 2011 See Health Weather Report Shows Which Counties Are Healthiest (WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh) Startling differences in the health of residents living just a few miles apart are highlighted in a new health rankings report that assesses wellness in nearly all the nation's 3,000-plus counties. Drugs offer hope over skin cancer (Hampshire Chronicle) Trial results on two groundbreaking drugs are expected to bring new hope to patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer. Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills (Sun-Bulletin) The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants. Patient nerves affect blood diagnosis (Belfast Today) "Doctors cause a third of stubborn high blood pressure," reported the BBC News. The news service reports that some cases of hard-to-treat high blood pressure may actually be caused by patient nervousness at being seen by a doctor. TEPCO president hospitalized in Tokyo (KNDU) The president of the beleaguered Tokyo utility company that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant leaking radiation in the northeast has been hospitalized with high blood pressure, the company said Wednesday. Cancer survivor turns medication into jewelry (KSWB-TV San Diego) Susan Braig has turned to selling drugs to pay her medical bills. The 61-year-old Altadena cancer survivor takes old pharmaceutical pills and tablets and mounts them on costume jewelry to create colorful necklaces, pendants, earrings and tiaras that she sells. Breast cancer worries Latinas more (The Gater 98.7 FM) Women treated for early-stage breast cancer do not all carry the same level of worry and concern over cancer recurrence, U.S. researchers found. AARP: Drug prices up before patent expires (MY 99.9 FM) Drug makers are hiking their prices before they face competition from generics as some medications near the end of their U.S. patents, AARP officials say. More Health News...

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