It was a high-stress situation for three nurses who had never delivered babies: A woman was 32 weeks pregnant, in pain and having contractions. ...more

December 19, 2009

Regarding "Cap-and-trade savings" by Chad Kister, Letters, Dec. 11: Global warming fantasies aside, the true big picture of cap and trade legislation is economic collapse, not savings. The production, distribution and marketing of raw materials and finished goods, the transportation of people and their ability to provide services, and the real national security issue - the mobility of our armed forces - are all totally dependent on hydrocarbon energy. There are not any energy substitutes available now for transportation. ...more

December 17, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. ...more

December 15, 2009

A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. ...more

November 16, 2009

Eloise Mudway is getting the deed to her house back. Joseph and Cynthia Clancy, the couple recently convicted of stealing the 2,900-square-foot home from the 92-year-old woman, got sentences of 10 years each in state prison. ...more

October 23, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is having elective back surgery at George Washington University Hospital. ...more

September 17, 2009

Can decreasing salt even a little improve your risk for heart disease, stroke and death? The answer is a resounding yes. ...more

March 25, 2009

At 2:35 a.m. one morning I was awakened to the clanking sound of my father's walker. ...more

March 12, 2009

Dear Abby: My husband "William" and I have been married 32 years. I love him dearly, but his health is poor. William is only 55, has had five heart attacks and has three stents in his heart. His last visit to the ER included being hit with paddles because his heart had stopped. In spite of this, my husband continues to smoke, eat whatever he wants and so on. I feel as if I am just waiting for him to die. ...more

February 22, 2009

Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital is positioning itself to remain in good financial health in these stressful economic times, according to one of its administrators. Don Evans, Helen Ellis Memorial's chief operating officer, told city commissioners Tuesday night the 168-bed hospital is moving ahead with plans to gain certification to conduct open-heart surgery in about two years. ...more

February 21, 2009