| Jackson Supports Medical Isotopes Technology
KENNEWICK -- Doctors call it a significant breakthrough in medicine. KAPP-KVEW's Hau Kuiang joins us live from the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick. Jackson has attended numerous ribbon cuttings in his life. He declared today was one of the most important. "We are talking about research and cure. And we should not spare any scientific endeavor, in that pursuit," said Rev. Jesse Jackson. Ever since he learned the benefits, Jackson has been a vocal supporter of medical isotopes. "It's about advancing the cause of human life, and inspiring lives and significant as insurance is, insurance will not save your life, researching a cure will," said Jackson. Medical isotopes are tiny quantities of radioactive substance in a vial, and safely injected in a patient, who may have cancer.
Cancer patient waiting for treatment verdict
A Kirkland woman with a rare form of cancer must wait until at least Monday to learn if Quebec's health-insurance board will pay for a potentially life-saving treatment available only in the United States. The Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec has already twice refused to pay for the procedure in the United States, which could cost about $150,000. Ella Marchildon, a 44-year-old mother of five, suffers from signet ring cell carcinoma. Three Montreal specialists who have treated her say the treatment she needs is available only south of the border. .
PBS to air study on link between money, health
If you tell Dr. Anthony Iton where you live and how much money you make, he'll tell you how long you're likely to live. The public health director for Alameda County said he was startled by the results of taking the county's deaths and mapping them according to U.S. Census tracts, a far smaller and precise geographical region than ZIP Code. "There are hot spots of death where life expectancy is literally on the order of a decade shorter than other parts of the county," said Iton, who has been on the job five years. "That's pretty astounding. That's 10 years of life lost due to social conditions." Iton, who appears in "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?," a four-part PBS series that explores why social factors - economic status, race, neighborhood conditions - can be more powerful predictors of health and life expectancy than biology or even some behaviors such as smoking.
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