As the country plunged into recession between 2008 and 2012, something unexpected happened: An earlier small decline in the number of new cancer cases became a much bigger one. The authors of a study published last month by the Cancer Prevention Institute of California believe they have a plausible explanation for the trend: People who lost their incomes or health insurance during that time were less likely to get routine screenings or visit the doctor.
Category: Bakersfield, CA
Doctor removes 130-pound tumor from Mississippi man
A California doctor removed a 130-pound tumor from a Mississippi man who had been told by other physicians that he was just fat. Roger Logan, 57, had the non-cancerous growth removed on Jan. 31 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, where he will remain for another week or so before returning to Gulfport, Mississippi.
She had a dying heart, now Madera woman has a new one and she is helping heart patients
Madera’s Dianna Amberg received a heart transplant. She wants to encourage others on any transplant list to never give up hope.