Study: Less invasive surgery carries risks
Carla K. Johnson,AP Medical Writer CHICAGO A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. The results add to confusion aro...
 5.3K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 249.0 Artwalk
Artwalk is a self-directed tour from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday of art displays, culture and gourmet food in historic Downtown North Bend, Pony Village Mall, Coos Bay and Empire. Visitors can start at any location on the Artwalk tour; maps also will be ava...
2.4K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 249.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Aug. 15
Bowling North Bend Lanes July 27-Aug. 2 HIGH GAME Monday Adult/Junior Adults: Larry Huffman 222, Luke Clark 214; Shannon Weybright 222, Debbie Huffman 173, Lisa Duryee 173. Juniors: Kyronn Morgan 221, Jordan Clark 213; Cassy Vos 233, Megan Heron 85...
32.7K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 644.0 New study finds rise in student injuries in gym class
CHICAGO Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds. Yet that may have less to do with lively gym programs than with lack of adult supervision, experts said. A decline i...
2.5K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 249.0 Hospice is the big winner in bridge marathon
The ladies Charity Bridge Marathon has concluded its 25th season. This year s winners were Marilyn Duvall and Carla Hentze with a season total of 35,400 points. Mary Reilly and Margaret Johnson took second with 32,830 and Faye Cooke and Martha Spring...
0.8K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 249.0 An ounce of prevention ... Is it worth a pound of dollars or good health?
CHICAGO - When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabetes. It costs $900 a year to hire a personal lifestyle coach t...
6.0K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 1000.0 Two states offer models for gov't plans
Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? Valerie Nash, laid off in Tennessee, tho...
7.5K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 1000.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Adventureland During the summer of 1987, recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) takes what he thinks is a going-nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to discover it s a pe...
7.6K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 249.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Duplicity CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Clive Owen) look to cash in on a highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations ...
7.9K - Mar. 27, 2009; scored 249.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Defiance Three Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber,Jamie Bell) living in Nazi occupied Poland escape into the forest where they join up with Russian resistance fighters in battling t...
7.8K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 249.0 At the movies
The following movies are playing at South Coast theaters: Confessions of a Shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a sweet and charming New York City girl who has a big problem: she s hopelessly addicted to shopping and drowning in a sea of deb...
7.8K - Mar. 13, 2009; scored 249.0 'Witch Mountain' remake ditches charm for noise
If you grew up in the 1970s, you probably have some fond moviegoing memory of Escape to Witch Mountain. Sure, the special effects look dated the flying Winnebago with Eddie Albert at the wheel, for example. But the 1975 action-adventure tale of an...
3.2K - Mar. 13, 2009; scored 322.0 Doyce Glen Prince
Graveside services will be held for Doyce Glen Prince, 69, of Coos Bay, at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens, 94105 Rink Creek Lane in Coquille. The Rev. John Sheese, of South Coast Hospice, will officiate. A viewing will be fr...
1.7K - Feb. 24, 2009; scored 249.0 Governor wants to mend flaws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Now that Rod Blagojevich s scandal-ridden tenure as governor is over, Gov. Pat Quinn said today he s ready to get to work and mend the flaws in state government. This is a time for governance and reform. Politics we can do tha...
6.8K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 249.0 | 
