2013-03-20

GERD and cancer



DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had heartburn for many years. I take Prilosec for it, and it works fine. My doctor scheduled me for a gastroscope exam. I haven’t had one for quite a while. The doctor who did the scope called me and my family doctor to say that I had changes seen in the biopsy he took. He […]

Study: Knee therapy as good surgery




You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes. Therapy didn’t always help and some people wound up having surgery for the problem, called a torn meniscus. But those who stuck with therapy […]

1 in 3 seniors dies with dementia





A staggering 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, says a new report that highlights the impact the mind-destroying disease is having on the rapidly aging population. Dying with Alzheimer’s is not the same as dying from it. But even when dementia isn’t the direct cause of death, it can be the final blow […]

Now here’s a tip



• Soak your metal tools in Coca-Cola when they get gummed up. It does a great job of loosening the gunk, and after a few hours in a Coke bath, you can practically just brush stuff right off. Makes you wonder about drinking it … but whatever works! • If you get the Sunday newspaper, you likely get coupons. Perhaps […]

Darrell Caudill buried at Cowan



Funeral services for Darrell Caudill, 66, of Cowan, were held March 14 at Everidge Funeral Home in Whitesburg. Burial was in Dinah Blair Cemetery at Cowan. Born in Letcher County to the late Elbert and Daisy Day Caudill, he died March 11 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was a brother of the late Evelyn Caudill […]

Cowan Creek Community Theater Project to begin



I’ve got a story. You’ve got a story. We’ve all got a story to tell. You tell me your story. I’ll tell you mine and we’ll have a “Storytelling Time.” Everyone has a story that is valuable to those you love and worthy of sharing and preserving. If you would like to be a part of a storytelling experience, you […]

Ella Preston writes home

Big Cowan

Hello everyone! Hope all is well. I have been sick with a sinus infection and haven’t been out very much. Seems like it has been so long since I have been able to see Archie with all the sickness going around. Do not want to take anything in on him. He is doing much better. Hopefully he will be home […]

Many families touched by grief

Jeremiah

Since I wrote last there have been many families touched by grief. Hazel Adams died at Letcher Manor Nursing Home on March 8 at the age of 93. Hazel was one of the hardest working women I’ve ever known. She worked well into her 80s mowing grass, cleaning houses, and just about any other work she thought needed to be […]