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Video: Bright Spot II -- Stacie's Hope Sends Big Thank You (07/03/08)
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 | We also want to update a recent Bright Spot for...Statie's Hope Fund...American Cancer Society. |
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Video: Home funerals: Tending to their own
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 | Her laugh and her passion for learning...these are just a few things Lee Peterson loved about his wife, Lyn.
Lee Peterson, Widower: She just, ya know, was one of those people that didn't know a stranger.
But Lyn was no stranger to suffering. She battled with endometrial cancer for nearly eight years.
Her struggle ended in this room at the couple's Falls Church, Virginia home.
Three days later, Lyn's body was still here...resting as part of the home funeral Peterson held for her.
Lee Peterson: I was able to have time with the body, really, just kind of – just having it sink in, it was really somewhat comforting when it was just me and Lyn's body.
Peterson is one of a small group of Americans taking after-death care out of funeral homes and into their own homes.
Instead of enlisting the assistance of a funeral director, he cared for his departed wife with the help of friends and family, washing and dressing her body and holding a small service for her...all inside the home.
He says it's all about having a choice.
Lee Peterson: This isn't necessarily the way I did it would be the way other people would want to do it. But I think it's more of a reassurance of, ya know, we're all going to go through this and I think it's an honoring of that process.
In 45 states it's legal to honor that process at home. And in the other five states - Connecticut, Louisiana, Indiana, Nebraska and New York...
Elizabeth Knox, Founder, Crossings: …it's still possible, just with the support of a compassionate, understanding funeral director.
Elizabeth Knox is the founder of a Maryland-based educational non-profit called Crossings: Caring For Our Own at Death.
She started the organization more than ten years ago after she provided a home funeral to her seven-year-old daughter Alison who died in a car accident.
Since then, she's helped hundreds of people, including Lee Peterson, provide after-death care to their loved ones.
Elizabeth Knox: Because we've handed it over to a profession and to strangers, we're no longer involved.
Melisse Hinkle, upi.com: We called 25 funeral homes in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Reaction from morticians was mixed. Some say they've never heard of home funerals, others say they'd support a family who wanted one. A few are against the practice.
Ronald Taylor II, Funeral Director: I'm more opposed to it because there's a lot that can go wrong.
Ronald Taylor is a funeral director here at this family's funeral home in Washington, D.C. He says his educational background makes him uniquely qualified to care for the dead the way a family member can't.
Ronald Taylor II: They teach us all about how we should take care of the bodies, how a body should be taken care of.
Elizabeth Knox: The true funeral director who is serving a family will be the one who says to the family and by the way, you can also do this yourself and you don't have to hire me.
Keeping funeral care in the home can also keep cost down. The price of an average funeral is about ,500 according to the National Funeral Directors Association. A home funeral is a fraction of that price.
Elizabeth Knox: It's basically a few hundred dollars versus a few thousand dollars.
Home funeral advocates attribute the movement's growth to baby boomers looking for alternatives to conventional funerals.
Lee Peterson feels his wife's funeral resurrected a sense of togetherness in his community.
Lee Peterson: You just don't see that in a neighborhood enough, like we would have seen it, ya know, decades ago. And I think people really miss that.
For upi.com, I'm Melisse Hinkle.
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Video: Soma Celeb News: Winona Ryder caught shoplifting, AGAIN! 3/22/2008
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 | Amy Winehouse sells guitar for Breast Cancer Awareness. Brangelina give up Million through the Jolie Pitt Foundation. Winona Ryder gets caught Shoplifting AGAIN! Steve-O Fed Alcohol as an infant. Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron ready themselves for kids. Oprah gets sued over injured audience member. Jake Gyllenhall twists ankle playing basketball. |
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Video: Cancer survival rates up
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 | Number of people surviving common types of cancer has doubled since the NHS launched 60 years ago |
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Video: Bikers Ride For Cancer Research
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 | (7/3/08) - A bike and some summer free time have led to several hunderd thousand dollars for charity. |
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Video: Dr. Georgiou on Udeze's Leukemia
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Video: Family Healthcast 7/2/08
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 | Family Healthcast: Broccoli helps prevent cancer? Dementia bracelet and the body bug. |
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Video: Family Healthcast 7/2/08
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 | Family Healthcast: Broccoli helps prevent cancer? Dementia bracelet and the body bug. |
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Video: Don’t Let Your Cat Go Retro
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 | Retro viruses can be deadly and often go undetected. Find out what you can do to protect your cat from feline leukemia and feline AIDS in this exclusive mobile video podcast.
For the latest and most current veterinary news, visit www.MyVNN.com |
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Video: Mom Charged With Denying Son Cancer Medication
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 | Prosecutors in Massachusetts say a woman's decision to withhold cancer medication from her 8-year-old son will likely cost the boy his life. (July 2) |
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Video: Chief Jerry Dyer Diagnosed with Skin Cancer
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 | Chief Jerry Dyer has been diagnosed with skin cancer. Last month a dime-sized red mark was removed from the left side of his head near his temple. |
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Video: Suspect named in ice cream vendor murder
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 | SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF AN ICE CREAM VENDOR. THE MAN IS ALSO A SUSPECT FOR ANOTHER MURDER ... SEVERAL YEARS AGO. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH DETAILS: POLICE SAY A WITNESS PICKED OUT THE SUSPECT FROM A PHOTO LINE-UP. THE SUSPECT IS ONLY 20-YEARS-OLD ... BUT HE'S ALREADY GOT QUITE A RECORD ... THE WITNESS TELLS POLICE HE SAW MATTHEW BARRAZA, WITH A GUN, RIGHT AFTER JOSE RIVERA WAS GUNNED DOWN JUNE 21ST AT 11TH AND COAL. POLICE SAY RIGHT NOW -- THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CHARGE BARRAZA. BUT THEY SAY BARRAZA HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE STREETS FOR VIOLATING PAROLE. HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER IN EARLY JUNE ... WHILE HE WAS OUT ON BAIL PENDING TRIAL FOR A 2003 MURDER. HE WAS JUST 16 WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS ... OF KILLING A MAN AT THE WEST SIDE RED ROOF INN. THAT CASE HAS STALLED ... AFTER A KEY WITNESS DIED OF CANCER. DETECTIVES ALSO BELIEVE BARRAZA WAS INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF ARMED ROBBERIES IN THE DAYS AFTER RIVERA'S MURDER. REPORTING LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, KAYLA ANDERSON EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 |
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Video: Bob Ingalls, former Boilermaker Race director, loses battle with cancer
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 | Robert Ingalls, the former director of the Utica Boilermaker Road Race, has died, Boilermaker Officials said. Ingalls retired as director of the Road Race in 2007 after serving for six years. |
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Video: Treatment Saves Legs From Cancer
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 | A new treatment will help children with bone cancer without having to amputate. |
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Video: Sir Geoff's cancer campaign
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 | Sir Geoff Hurst raises awareness about prostate cancer |
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Video: Mom Accused of Withholding Cancer Medication from Son
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Video: Lewis Hamilton spins car
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 | Lewis Hamilton gives one lucky fan the ride of a lifetime for cancer charity. |
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Video: Minot Man Doesn't Let Deadly Disease Strike Him Out
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 | One Minot man isn't letting a deadly disease strike him out. Reporter Ashley McMillan has more on one umpire who enjoys every game...as if it were his last. Bobby Larson has been cleaning plates across North Dakota for 25 years. He played fast pitch for 16 years before that. He wasn't sure umpires were fair and was determined to change things. (Bobby Larson/Umpire) One day I got tired of all the close calls that I thought were made on my team and umpires were always out of position and I thought, I'm going to try umpiring, and at first, I was terrible and I went to school in Oklahoma and I learned the right way and I really tired hard. He even practices at home. I used to stand in front of the mirror and make out calls and I just really perfected it. I still make mistakes but I still will give each team 100 percent. But becoming a better umpire wasn't the only thing Bobby would have to overcome. This should have been his 26th year as an umpire, but something slowed him down. by the time they actually found it, it had spread through the whole body. My scull was covered. I was a mess. I dropped 118lbs. Bobby had advanced prostate cancer. It was tough. I guess the second day in the hospital I just asked if I could see my son graduate and Zack graduated this spring. He didn't let cancer stop him from doing what he loved. I took a year off completely and had to recover. and got the ok this spring and went back to spring training inTuscan for my six straight year. Not being able to be the blue at games wasn't easy. that was hard, it just killed me. They would take me to the ball games and it was just really hard. Couldn't be out there. I have close friends in the Muellers and the Cal....used to pick me up and take me out to the ball games. That was neat. He traveled from Minot this weekend for his 15th year at the Mcquades Tournament. He got to see his son Zack graduate. And for now, Bobby Larson is cancer free. I know it will come back someday, but I'm thinking positive. Being on the diamond is something he loves and quitting isn't an option. Theres still a desire to umpire. I've always said, I'm going to quit when my legs give out and they're still going strong. Good Lord willing, I will keep going. In Bismarck, Ashley McMillan, KX News. |
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Video: Eye on Health - Breast MRI
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 | Doctors at Trinity Health in Minot now have a new tool to further investigate abnormalities in the breast. Equipment upgrades are allowing MRIs to be used to scan the breast. Perry Olson shows us just how effective that can be in tonight's Eye on Health. MRIs are nothing new but at Trinity Health this is using the machine to capture images like this...something a mammogram cannot. (Dr. Keller) Cancer causes abnormal vessel growth to feed the tumor. That shows up nicely with dye. Several scans are taken in just a few minutes with this machine the dye injected into the patient allowing doctors to see results like this... (Dr. Keller) Very small tumors still will have abnormal vascularity that will show up with contrast on an MRI and it is not uncommon to have a negative mammogram and have something show up on a breast MRI done properly. And that can be lifesaving...like this case could have been... (Dr. Keller) The mammogram was negative in this patient and didn't show any abnormality. It is clearly obvious in the MRI and was negative on the mammogram and this woman has cancer throughout her breast. This patient will get chemotherepy to shrink the tumor prior to the surgery in an effort to make the tumor small enough that she can have breast conservation therapy and she can keep the breast. So with results like that will the mammogram become obsolete? Not so says Dr. Keller mainly because an MRI isn't considered medically needed in about 95 percent of cases therefore the close to one thousand dollar test is not covered by most plans. (Dr. Keller) So if you are a woman, and you just want a mammogram you can walk in and have that done and paid for and it will be. If you want an MRI because you want the peace of mind and you think it is better, they won't pay for that. Something the doctor hopes to see changed in the years to come as the benefits of MRI when looking for breast cancer is fully understood. With your Eye on Health, Perry Olson, KX News. |
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Video: Woman's Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosed
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Video: Scottsdale Woman with Breast cancer Shares Her Story on YouTube
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Video: Scottsdale Woman with Breast cancer Shares Her Story on YouTube
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Video: Skin Cancer Risk
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Video: Surgical Robot On Display 6/28/08
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 | The Da-Vinci S-H-D surigcal system is a robot and the newest, minimally invasive way to treat patients with various forms of cancer. |
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Video: Local Teens Plan To Skateboard Across USA
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 | Two local teenagers will be among those skating across the USA in a fund-raiser for cancer research. |
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