Betty Chambers, an iconic symbol and community leader, died Sunday at her home after a three-month battle with lung cancer. She was 86. ...more

July 23, 2008

Betty Chambers, an iconic symbol and community leader, died Sunday at her home after a year-long battle with lung cancer. She was 86. ...more

July 21, 2008

The British Cabinet received early warnings about the link between smoking and lung cancer more than 50 years ago, but viewed the threat as minor and did little for fear of losing tax revenue, according to documents released Friday. ...more

May 30, 2008

You may have seen the public service commercial. A woman brings her young daughter out to the car and straps her into a car seat. The announcer reminds us that 37,000 Americans are killed every year in automobile accidents, which made me think it was sponsored by the National Safety Council or a seat-belt advocacy group. ...more

May 18, 2008

My mother is completely disabled as the result of several illnesses. ...more

May 13, 2008

Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. ...more

May 6, 2008

Tim Van Orden climbed the fastest up the 42 floors of the downtown Bank of America on Saturday - in 5 minutes and 11 seconds. ...more

February 24, 2008

Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday. ...more

February 5, 2008

Every year, we all put a few health-related items on our list of New Year's resolutions. Exercise more. Eat less. Go get that overdo physical. ...more

January 4, 2008

Life has become a swirl of color and glass for Melissa Carter of Riverview. ...more

December 31, 2007