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Man suing doctors for negligent care of wife

Riadh “Robert” Katy adamantly told The McDowell News more than three years ago that The McDowell Hospital and its doctors were responsible for his wife’s death.

09/03/2011 12:53 PM

Americans gather joyfully to mark bin Laden death

Joyous at the release of a decade's frustration, Americans streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the White House and smaller but no less jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden — cheering, waving flags and belting the national anthem.

05/02/2011 9:36 AM
LOVE LOST: A WIFE'S GRIEF, Part I

Jack Owenby was a runner full of energy, a fighter full of determination and a textile worker, husband, father, grandfather and friend full of life.

01/24/2011 6:04 PM
Area nursing homes receive mixed ratings

Two McDowell nursing homes have received mixed grades from the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

02/08/2010 5:55 PM
Paramedics reunite with man who got cutting-edge care

Rick Parker's existence is baffling.

11/08/2009 6:02 PM
Britt Combs: Change looks like more of the same, only more so

Real change would mean eliminating the moral hazard in financial markets by letting insolvent banks and businesses fail, letting prices fall and market corrections take place. If Obama had followed that policy, the recession would be over by now.

09/15/2009 6:48 PM
Cancer patient finds treatment locally

"A whole team of kind and compassionate people were working with us," said Wyatt. "We feel so lucky to have these people around us at a difficult time. We have never felt alone the whole time. We know we always have the support of this great team."

08/24/2009 7:55 PM
TRUST: No other doctor will do

FAYETTEVILLE

06/21/2009 12:00 AM
$2.5 Billion and Still No Cures: Government research on alternative medicine has found that most of the remedies do not work

Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the disappointing answer seems to be that almost none of them do.

06/11/2009 12:00 AM
Jeff Gordon pulls out of charity race

For precautionary reasons, four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon pulled out of Wednesday night's "Prelude to the Dream" charity dirt track race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

06/03/2009 12:37 PM
Group says cuts alone to NC budget would devastate

More than 80 nonprofit organizations and service providers want North Carolina lawmakers to raise additional revenue to ease the pain of potential budget cuts the next two years.

06/02/2009 7:39 AM
Cancer patients get new tools for fight

Cancer patients in McDowell now have more tools – a navigator and a digital mammography unit -- to help guide them in their treatment of the disease.

05/03/2009 6:32 PM
State, federal agencies urge home water savings

RALEIGHState and federal authorities are urging homeowners to check indoor and outdoor plumbing connections to save water.

03/18/2009 5:34 AM
Williams: Lawson's status still in doubt

Ty Lawson's playing status for North Carolina's NCAA Tournament opener Thursday is still questionable, Coach Roy Williams said Tuesday afternoon.

03/17/2009 3:18 PM
Migraines in pregnant women can be warning

Having a migraine can be more than a pain for pregnant women. It also can represent an increased risk for a stroke or other vascular diseases, according to a study by researchers at three of North Carolina's academic hospitals.

03/11/2009 12:01 AM
Warning: Don't wear medication patches during MRI

Need an MRI scan? Tell the doctor if you use a nicotine patch or any other medication patch — or you'll risk a burn during the MRI.

03/05/2009 1:55 PM
When should you start health screening tests?

Screening tests that can detect disease in its early stages can save millions in medical costs and priceless amounts of pain and heartache. But who needs what? And when?

03/04/2009 3:24 PM
To Test or Not to Test: Guidelines for testing health conditions

Screening tests that can detect disease in its early stages can save millions in medical costs and priceless amounts of pain and heartache. But who needs what? And when? Here are some guidelines for testing for various health conditions...

03/03/2009 12:00 AM
50 things we didn't know a year ago

Well, well, well. Wasn't 2008 a newsy little year? Believe it or not, stuff happened that had nothing to do with the presidential election, gas prices or Michael Phelps. Not that you'd have an easy time sifting through all the media debris to find the information that actually meant something.

12/29/2008 6:00 AM
Kidney transplant recipient beating the odds

Tina Bingham conquered the steps between the first and second floors in three leaps."I've never seen her move so fast,' exclaimed Kyle, Tina's husband. At the time, they had been married for one week.

12/24/2008 11:35 AM
Seven symptoms of depression

Last week's article focused on the effect of depression on a marriage relationship. Today, we will cover the symptoms of depression and how they play out in a marriage.

12/18/2008 6:00 AM
Numbness, pain in wrist could be carpal tunnel

That tingling sensation in your wrist that just won't go away might be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

12/12/2008 3:58 PM
Hillary will never quit

I'll tell you one sign that Hillary has dropped out that we haven't seen yet; she'll change her name (yet again!) back to Rodham. Whenever she is angry at the public or doesn't need approval she sheds the name our misogynistic culture has branded her with and gets a comical haircut. What outrageous hairstyle waits just around the political corner? It should be fun to watch, as Hillary's Nixonian self-loathing has led her to some truly freakish re-inventions ("re-imagining," I reckon she'd call it) of herself in the past.

06/11/2008 12:00 PM