Woman sent home by ER dies next day

An overweight, middle-aged woman went to a hospital emergency room in Texas complaining of chest pain, tightness and discomfort in her chest -- apparent symptoms of a heart attack. But triage nurses at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur designated Stacy Meaux as a Level 3 patient and a doctor treated her for irregular breathing and discharged the patient. The next day Meaux died of a heart

Tanning beds can cause skin cancers

Beware of tanning beds. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued an alert that indoor tanning devices can be hazardous to your health and took the additional step of charging the trade group that promotes sunless rays, the Indoor Tanning Association, with making false health and safety claims. The FTC said in a complaint against the association that it launched an advertising campaign in 2008