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Easing the pain: A KATU special report on pain management

On Monday, Nov. 2, KATU is devoting a segment of its newscasts to an issue many – if not all – of us deal with every day: pain. In our KATU "On Your Side" coverage we bring you ways to recognize and ease some of that pain.

KATU Breast Cancer Awareness

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and KATU has dedicated this month to raising awareness of the disease in our special Health Report. Find the information you'll need, from free resources to inspiring stories, to get you or your family through this ordeal.

Burned and Scarred: Customer burned twice after laser spa treatment goes wrong

After a woman claimed she suffered first-degree burns after going to a local laser spa for hair removal and didn't get any help – or a promised refund – from the company, she contacted KATU News On Your Side Investigators.

KATU's Shellie Bailey-Shah hosts 'Lunch for the Cure'

Line forms outside Vancouver H1N1 clinic

New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease

French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence.

Oregon among states hit with beef recall

The roast beef deli products were produced on October 5 and 12, 2009, and were distributed to retail-type delicatessens and Department of Defense Commissaries in California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

AARP comes out in support of health care bill

Rep. Steny Hoyer said House leaders expect to have the 218 votes needed to pass the sweeping bill, which would extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured people and ban insurance companies from turning people away.

WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide

In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 percent of the flu viruses being sampled, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's top flu official.

Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'

It seemed like a great idea — doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way.