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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. Demystifying the anthrax scare. We'll show you how to recognize the signs of the disease. plus. Littleton prepares for life without one of its major employers. AND.Facing breast cancer.A Journey Toward Healing |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Allison McNair. |
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Anthrax fears are spreading beyond U-S borders. There are reports that an Israeli newspaper executive recieved a note containing a white substance. And in Britain, a suspicious package was sent to the London Stock Exchange. At least 2400 suspected cases have been reported to the FBI here at home. Only a few have been confirmed. That includes the letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. It is being decribed as a highy pure form, not made by amateurs. In Day 10 of the war on terrorism, air strikes intensified. More than two thousand bombs and missiles have been dropped on Afghanistan. For the first time in twenty years, Iran today extended an olive branch. It assured the US that it will try to rescue any American military personnel it might find in distress in its territory. Military officials are looking into reports that Red Cross warehouses were hit during U-S-led bombing raids. Afghan residents in one part of Kabul say Taliban forces are taking refuge in local mosques, instead of staying at targeted military bases. The U-N hopes to restore its World Food Program deliveries to northern Afghanistan soon. U-N officials say they're trying to restore a vital supply route. |
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Some New Hampshire postmasters have gotten together to talk about precautions being taken at post offices in the midst of the anthrax scare. The Postal Service's district manager says - over the past three days- authorities have inspected at least seven suspicious packages - but all were harmless. He adds that some postal employees are wearing rubber gloves to guard against potential anthrax exposure. |
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Concern about possible anthrax contamination has people all over the state on alert. Tuesday in New Hampshire, about 420 people were evacuated briefly from a Manchester office building because a suspicious package was received at Congressman John Sununu's office. Authorities say the envelope had a return address in Sri Lanka and a suspicious address. It's being checked at a laboratory for biohazards. Sununu declared Monday that he was running for the U-S Senate. The State's medical director says New Hampshire labs have tested some 40 samples of unknown substances. Dr WIlliam Kassler says there's no indication that any of the samples are contaminated with anthrax. They range from powder, to stains on a package. Kassler says there's more of a risk from driving to work than getting anthrax. But even if a person were exposed, there are treatments available. The threat of anthrax has many people on edge. We wanted to hear how granite staters are thinking and feeling, so we took our camera to the streets of Concord to find out. |
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Many people say they're confused about how Anthrax spreads and what the symptoms of exposure look and feel like. We spoke with Dr. William Kassler, the State Medical Director with Health and Human Services for some answers. |
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Dr. Kassler also warns- if you do open a letter that does contain a suspicious substance, don't try to clean it up. Cover it with paper or clothing and leave the room. Wash your hands. Then call 911. |
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All week NH Outlook is focusing on women's health issues. We now begin a three part series on breast cancer. According to the Amercian Cancer Society, as many as 200,000 new cases of Breast Cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States. 800 women will be diagnosed in New Hampshire alone. While statistics show that most breast abnormalities are not cancer, anxiety remains. For those who contract it, breast cancer is an intensely personal battle. But they do not wage that battle alone. |
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Williams #1 5:01:20 +++ CG:LOWER3RD\Linda Williams\Patient begin face on I was 42 at the time and had yearly mammograms in fact every 6 months from 35 to 38 and then yearly 39 and 40. At age 40 my insurance company didn't pay for mammograms except every three yrs. So I waited thinking everything was fine because I had been very diligent about having them. Went in for a mammogram and it showed something. Robin #1 9:14:00 CG:LOWER3RD\Robin Drown\Patient I went for my annual exam in august and the nurse practitioner felt something that she didn't like 9:14:09 They scheduled me for a mammogram a month later and we got the results from the mammogram and obviously there was something that they didn't like as well. 9:14:30 Linda Williams and Robin Drown were familiar with the process of having a mammogram but they knew little about what the radiologist was looking for. Dr. Adrienne Greenlaw reads thousands of mammographic studies a year. Women's life1 10:00:54 CG:LOWER3RD\Dr. Adrienne Greenlaw\Radiologist when patients present for a screening mammogram our goal is to detect cancer very very early. We are looking for suspicious findings such as microcalcifications that are irregular in shape; we are looking for small masses - the kind of mass that has irregular margins. We recognize as being suspicious by their shape and that they are new We rely heavily on getting the prior mammogram for comparison. this a case of a breast that we call fatty replaced meaning we can see through the tissue very well - fatty tissue and not a lot of residual glandular tissue. And within one year this small mass had come about. It has very irregular what we call speculated margins. For that we recommended biopsy - a category 4 mammogram - suspicious findings. When we find something that is worrisome then we recommend a biopsy. we decided early on in our biopsy program it was important to involve the surgeon early on. It creates this team that oversees the patient's care from that moment on. 10:02:09 For many the thought of seeing a surgeon can be terrifying. A surgeon means an operation and an operation means something must be seriously wrong. Emotions battle logic. It was tough and also because I had lost a cousin and an aunt to breast cancer. Knowing what they had gone through it was tough not to think about that especially when you have children. Worrying whether you're going to see them grow up but hopefully you will. Hopefully you're one of the 90 percent that is okay. voice over Dr. David Coppola sees women like Linda and Robin every day. The Dover surgeon moves quickly. Coppola 1 1:04:11+++ CG:LOWER3RD\Dr. David Coppola, MD\Surgeon my office is pretty in tune to know the anxiety level in a woman coming into see me for a breast related problem and rarely would have that woman wait more than day to get in. … There may already have been a day or two if they had their mammogram and by the time the mammogram got interpreted and by the time they got the report back. So time is creating more anxiety for the person before they get there. coppola on camcoppola 11:05:48++ I can just know what the woman is feeling while she is sitting in the exam room waiting for me to come in because who wouldn't be. She instantly think she is here because she has breast cancer. She doesn't know what's up but she's at a surgeon's office for a breast related problem she is going to make the assumption herself that she has breast cancer. 1:06:17 coppola 1 1:06:19 while I cant tell her right off that she doesn't I sort of need to alleviate some of the anxiety, get her back down to where we can have an intelligent sort of conversation and I can fully address the whole thing, review her mammogram and examine her, take her through the whole step. 1:06:34 In Linda's case, dr. Coppola recommended an additional ultrasound. He could read the disappointment in my face like "I just wanted to get it done and get it over with." He said "Linda I can have you over at the hospital done with the ultrasound and back here this afternoon." I said fine let's just do it. He had it done by four. Williams 1 5:05:57 That was really really helpful to me because I had already waited several times for 3 to 4 to 5 days for results twice. 5:06:07 Coppola 2 2:04:40 A lot about being a patient is that you don't have any sort of control over the sorts of situations people put you in. And so if we can - if there are different options to do and they have advantages and disadvantages and they really aren't going to jeopardize the care then let the patient help you make the decision. 2:05:02 If the patient has a palpable lump, one that the surgeon can feel, there are two options available. One is an open biopsy where the lump is removed. The other is a needle biopsy. Coppola 2:01:17 A needle biopsy has the advantage of being quick. If I do a needle biopsy in the office that day I can pretty much have the results in 2 days coppola 2 2:01:45 the disadvantage of doing a needle biopsy is that I might not get any results. It has nothing to do with the procedure or how its done it's just not perfect. You're only taking cells with the needle, you can't get a big piece of the tissue and you want the pathologist to make a diagnosis for you. 2:03:26 so I help them decide. Some women would rather not try to do a needle biopsy even though I offered it. They say no, when can we do a biopsy cause that will be definitive coppola 2 2:10:07 there is not a time bomb ready to go off if we don't do this biopsy that day. I would never recommend and would discourage if a woman is trying to put it off for any significant amount of time but try to let them understand that the reason to try to do it tomorrow or today is for their anxiety so they can know and put it to rest. 2:10:38 Sometimes there is no palpable lump, only an abnormality on the mammogram. At this point the surgeon uses a different technology. a mammogram is a two dimensional picture of a three dimensional breast and we need to put these pictures in three dimensional vision so we can know where exactly in the breast we need to sample the tissue. 10:08:01 ++++ every once in awhile you'll get a subtle lesion that you can only see on one plane. We can capture that on our digital table in a digital image and as long as we can see that in our stereotactics we move the camera 15 degrees apart - a total of thirty degree and as long as we can see it on our two images we have up on our computer screen then we can biopsy it. 10:09:06 this has been a breakthrough really and it has definitely shortened the procedure time, much smaller incision. Before computer assisted or stereotactic biopsy the process was more complicated. 10:08:37 old fashioned biopsy technique was to put a needle into the lesion using our mammographic units. And then we would put a localization wire into the breast and if we cant see it on the other projection in another plane then we are very limited and it would be very difficult to send the patient to surgery as we wouldn't know exactly where that wire tip was going to be. Not all women are candidates for stereotactic biopsy. To make sure that the process will work the patient is asked to come in for what amounts to a rehearsal. It's called Marking Day. 10:05:43 it is designed to show the patient the room, to meet the personnel who will be involved, the technologist who will be performing the study. The entire biopsy process usually takes less than an hour and is much less invasive than its predecessor. voice over Now physician and patient must wait each hoping that the news will be good news. |
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On Wednesday Robin and Linda's journey continues with diagnosis and decisions. |
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This Saturday October 20th NH Public Television will sponsor "Speaking of Women's Health" at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. A limited number of tickets are still available and volunteers are still needed to help before and during the event. If are would like a ticket or are interested in volunteering, please call the Speaking of Women's Health hotline at 603-868-4307." |
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On September 27th, another major North Country employer announced it would be closing its doors by the end of next year. Hitchner Manufacturing in Littleton will close its Beacon street metal plant as part of a restructuring campaign that will leave more than 350 people out of work. Theresa Kennett takes a look at how the town of Littleton is dealing with the pending closure. |
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Its news that no community wants to hear, and few are prepared to deal with. However, when Littleton received news that Hitchiner Manufacturing would be closing, town leaders were quick to respond. Go to Cathy at 8:24 - 8:48 The announcement came and the following day the Economic Development Task Force Leaders and the town leaders were already talking about how are we going to deal with the situation, what are we going to do, what's our response going to be. A few days after that is when the 2005 committee got together and pulled together a plan. Cathy Conway is Littleton's public works director. But for the next six months, she will oversee the operations of the Economic Development Restructuring Task Force - a committee convened by the board of selectmen one day after the Hitchiner announcement. Go to Cathy at about 2:17 Four hundred people are going to lose their jobs but that has more of an impact on the community. Hitchiner was one of our largest electrical users. There are probably local suppliers that will see a reduction in their work effort. We need to understand what all of those impacts are. Go To Ned Densmore at 29:49 The Hitchiner closing is going to have an effect on main street with 400 jobs lost amounting to 5 or 6 percent of our work force. Ned Densmore owns The Village Bookstore on Main St. in Littleton. He knows that when a major employer leaves town, everyone shares the pain. Go to Ned at 30:19 These jobs that we have in this town, that's the high end of that kind of job. There going to be looking for a little less than that, and that's going to hurt. Go to Mike Hamilton at 2:09:15 Main Streets are very fragile, especially thriving main streets; and in order for them to thrive you have to have folks who have good paying jobs. Mike Hamilton owns Chutters, an old fashioned general store. Although he, like Densmore, is concerned about the pending job loss, both men have confidence that their community will rise to this challenge. Go to Ned at 37:20 What we have here is a great community. It's the kind of community that can absorb the loss of 400 jobs with strength, not with fear or paralysis. Go to Don Jutton at 1:00:26 Our philosophy is that we will not let problems get to a level of becoming crises and the way to do that is take them head on. Littleton's town's manager says that the task force has already identified the key areas of concern and is currently working with members of the community to find solutions. Go to Don at about 59:25 to 59:41 That's really what we are doing, is to, one, try to make sure as many people who are gong to be displaced are linked with existing jobs and that others are helped to land on their feet one way or another either through regional opportunities or through retraining. Although Jutten is confident that his community will adapt well to this change, he, like many others, is going to miss Hitchiner's good corporate citizenship. Go to Stand Up at 1:28:05 - 01:28:23 When this bridge needed to be fixed a few years ago, Hitchiner partnered with the town financially in order to get the job done. That's just one of the many ways that this company has demonstrated its good corporate citizenship over the last several years. Something this community is going to miss almost as much as those 350 jobs. Go to Jason Hoch at 16:32 - 16:48 I don't think we're going to find the silver bullet of the perfect one to one match that is going to use the building and provide 400 jobs and we all go riding off into the sunset. Jason Hoch is the Town/School Collaboration Director for Littleton. In that capacity, he spends a great deal of time working with community members on issues such as this one. Go to Jason at 16:46 16:59 I think we also have a great resource in our existing businesses in understanding who else may be in their supply chain that they already have a relationship with a business in this community and can we build on that. Jump cut to 17:46 - 17:11 People are used to being asked now; and they are used to thinking differently and doing a little thinking out of the box. So I think we're going to find that. Go to Joan McKenna in the coffee shop 43:27 to 43:40 We are going, okay, what other position can I open in my shop or where can I send them where I know there are other jobs available. We are all doing it, putting our 2 cents in. Go to Stephen Gorman 39:59 - 40:10 I know there are local places looking for employees like the Mt. Washington Hotel is looking for a lot of employees so they will have an opportunity to go there to find employment. This community if very resilient. It'll bounce right back. Go to Joan Guilmette at 41:01 - 41:00 Yes they will because they thrive. It takes quite a bit for them to fall. You know, Littleton is good. Go to Cathy at 9:25 - 9:45 Littleton is a community that really sees the positive and has a true can do attitude. We are not going to look at this as a crisis but an opportunity and figure out where to go from here. That's really the Littleton way which makes this a wonderful community. |
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Tomorrow Theresa will show you how Littleton is positioning itself to react quickly to the needs of a changing society. |
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Hitchener isn't the only factory having troubles. Production at U.S. factories, mines and utilities shrunk for a 12th straight month in September. Stocks managed only modest gains as investors focused more on their doubts about the economy - and less on some better-than-expected earnings news. |
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The Dow rose 36 points to close at 93-hundred-84. The Nasdaq was up 25, and the S-and-P 500 rose seven and a half points. |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Shares of Chubb Corporation were up ninety- five cents. Fleet Boston Financial rose eighty- five cents. M-B-N-A shares were off by a dollar- fifteen. Pennichuck Corporation rose seventy- five cents. And Texas Instruments ended the day up a dollar- fifteen. |
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The war against terrorism and the weather - those are two factors that may impact the supply and price of energy this winter. New Hampshire energy officials say all kinds of fuel are abundant now, and less expensive than last year. But a spokesperson from the Governor's energy office says that picture could change if the military demand for jet fuel goes way up or if the winter is colder than expected. The Coast Guard Monday lifted its ban on deliveries of liquefied natural gas to Boston Harbor. The huge L-N-G tankers can carry 33 million gallson of fuel and had been barred since September 11. Boston's Fire Chief says he's not comfortable with the news. |
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What's in store for us weatherwise? We checked in earlier with Meteorologist Nicole Plette at the Mount Washington Observatory for the forecast. |
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Mount Washington Observatory\Tuesday On The Summit\clear with afternoon fog\High: 37 degrees\Winds: W 12 mph\ Overnight \Statewide\showers\Fog developing late\Lows: mid 40s\Winds: S 10-15 mph Wednesday\Statewide\Mostly cloudy\High: 50 - 55\Winds: SW 10 - 20 mph\ |
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Next time on New Hampshire Outlook - Imagine hearing the words "You have breast cancer". We share two women's very personal experiences as we continue a "Journey Toward Healing." |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook: New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion Public Service of New Hampshire Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust Putnam Foundation Stratford Foundation |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/16/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 1:48 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included an interview with Dr. William Kassler, the state medical director, about how anthrax spreads. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. William Kassler/State Medical Director with Health and Human Services |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/16/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 9:26 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a segment, first in a three part series, about breast cancer. This segment focuses on the personal battle. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Linda Williams\Patient Robin Drown\Patient :Dr. Adrienne Greenlaw\Radiologist Dr. David Coppola, MD\Surgeon |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:10/16/01 /2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 5:25 minutes In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on the closure of HItchner Manufacturing in Littleton, N.H. The closure will cost approximately 350 jobs in the North Country. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Theresa Kennett NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Cathy Conway\Public Works Director Ned Densmore\The Village Book Store Mike Hamilton\Chutters Don Jutton\Littleton Town Manager Jason Hoch\Dir. - Town/School Collaboration Jean McKenna\The Coffee Pot Steven Gorman\LittletonJoan Guilmette\Lisbon |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Facing the possibility of breast cancer. we begin a three part series Journey Toward Healing. Tonight at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Imagine hearing the words "You have breast cancer". We share two women's very personal experiences as we continue a "Journey Toward Healing." Here at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Saying it may perish, United Airlines is cutting flights around the country. According to the airlines it will cut 27 percent of its flights nationwide at the end of this month. Despite the warning, reports on United's website show the airline adding two non stops a day between Manchester and Chicago, bringing the total to five roundtrips a day between the two cities. |
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Breast Cancer-Nightshift Working the night shift in bright lights can increase risk of breast cancer -- Studies say women who work nights may increase their breast cancer risk by up to 60 percent. The studies found the increase among women who worked nights for many years. The studies suggest that, the more time on night work, the greater the risk. The reports suggest bright light in the dark hours decreases secretion of the hormone melatonin and raises estrogen levels. Reduced melatonin can lead to increased estrogen. Increases in estrogen are linked to breast cancer. But researchers say more study is needed before they would tell women to quit night work. The researchers are at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The studies are in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |