| Beating the odds: New technology helps Whiting woman fight cancer
Pamela Downs-Angotti was told she had had four to eight months to live. She had long been a smoker, but when they found malignant tumors, she didn't want to believe it. Following an urgent call from her doctor, the Whiting woman just took a trip to the grocery store as if all was normal. She didn't even tell her husband, Ron, until the day of her first tests. Downs-Angotti was supposed to be dead nearly four years ago. But thanks in large part to a new technology at The Methodist Hospitals in Merrillville -- stereotactic body radiosurgery -- Downs-Angotti is still alive and for the past 2.5 years has been cancer-free. "I was determined that I was going to do everything I was supposed to do," she said. "It's been my attitude the whole time." She underwent surgery -- waking up to the sensation of pain slicing down her back.
EMS: Courage and Compassion in Action: U.S. Health Care: An Oxymoron?
This time he tackles the U.S. health care system by presenting real-life examples of how the system is corrupt and the different ways it can turn a proverbial blind eye from its people. Although Moore spends a lot of time exploring health care in smaller European countries without actually comparing how they work or their overall statistics in relation to the U.S., I was deeply affected by "Sicko" and its description of the disastrous state of the outrageously expensive but poorly managed health-care system in the United States. The documentary walks viewers through several parts (as listed below), each highlighting separate health care issues in the U.S. and how the system is poorly structured and implemented: ● Many Americans are potentially forced to reduce their overall quality of life because they are not adequately covered by health insurance.
Chicago Bulls (21-31) at New Jersey Nets (23-30), 7:30 p.m.
A pair of teams looking for answers after the break square off tonight, as the New Jersey Nets host the Chicago Bulls at the Izod Center. New Jersey has been busy the past few weeks trying to deal star guard Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks, and the transaction finally came to fruition on Tuesday afternoon. Kidd was sent to the Mavericks, along with forwards Malik Allen and Antoine Wright, in exchange for guard Devin Harris, swingmen Maurice Ager and Trenton Hassell, center DeSagana Diop, forward Keith Van Horn, first- round draft picks in 2008 and 2010, and cash considerations reportedly said to be about $3 million. Harris is questionable for Wednesday's game against Chicago with an ankle injury. He missed his last 10 games as a Maverick. The Nets three-game win streak came to an end before the All-Star break with a 109-91 loss at Toronto last Wednesday.
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