Jun 12 2007
Grandma and Grandson Benefit from Medical Advancement in Colon Cancer Treatment
(ARA) - Nick Souleotes, 43, and his 92-year-old grandmother, Ruth Franks, were diagnosed with colon cancer on the same day and four days later had their cancer removed through minimally invasive colon surgery. Both are thankful for the minimally invasive treatment option that got them back to their lives quicker than they expected.
Nick and Ruth [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]