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PSA test: The real problem is the rush to treatment, doctor says
The PSA test should not be a routine screen for men of any age, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force declared earlier this week. The assessment wasn’t about saving money but was based on a review of the science on PSA screening -- what were the...
Tags: Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Erectile Dysfunction, Cancer, Urinary Incontinence
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Cigarette tax is a lifesaver
SACRAMENTO — Cigarette makers have a certified history of deception, distortion and lying. And let's not forget fraud and racketeering.
Those aren't my words. Credit U.S. District Judge Gladys E. Kessler of Washington, D.C.
She wrote in a landmark...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Organized Crime, Judges, Science and Technology, Tobacco Products
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Junior Seau: Apparent suicide follows deaths of athletes with brain trauma
Former NFL star Junior Seau’s death by apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound follows a pattern of suicides by other high-profile football players who suffered from long-term effects of repeated brain injury. That list of players includes Andre...
Tags: Concussion, Pittsburgh Steelers, Science and Technology, Science, Philadelphia Eagles
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Five Questions: Neurologist Charles H. Adler on the yips
The golf course is in pristine condition, there's nary a breeze, and you're about to sink a birdie on the 18th green. But just as the putter is about to meet the ball, your wrist jerks involuntarily — sending your round white nemesis 3 inches too...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Behavioral Conditions
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Miley Cyrus: 'everyone should try no gluten.' Experts disagree.
This week, singer Miley Cyrus became the latest celebrity to endorse a gluten-free diet, telling fans and critics she didn’t have a weight disorder, but a food allergy (or two). “For everyone calling me anorexic I have a gluten and lactose...
Tags: Chemicals, Symptoms, Gluten-free Diet, Celiac Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Gadget: Gruve helps mine every little calorie burn
When it comes to weight control, exercise doesn't matter. Non-exercise is what counts. That may sound like heresy, but, in fact, it's a theory based on years of highly respected research — and the science behind a little high-tech gizmo called...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hospitals and Clinics, James Levine, Obesity, James Hill
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Matters of the Heart
A recent study shows that when it comes to matters of the heart, there are indeed differences between the sexes.
Researchers combed through a database of more than 1 million heart attack cases and discovered that women, especially those under the age...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Genes and Chromosomes, Obesity, Symptoms
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Judi Dench has degenerative eye condition; says she won't go blind
British actress Judi Dench is seeking to downplay fears over the revelation that she is suffering from a degenerative eye condition.
The Oscar-winning Dench, perhaps best known as James Bond's mysterious boss M, has been dealing with two different...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Obesity, Symptoms, National Institutes of Health, High Blood Pressure
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Tennessee's Pat Summitt sticks to game plan in Alzheimer's fight
Pretty much everyone who wanders into Pat Summitt's office or visits her basketball practice these days has learned to fear the iPad. The coach keeps her tablet filled with brain-wrenching games.
Crossword puzzles and Sudoku. Math quizzes and memory...Tags: HIV, Ronald Reagan, Apple iPad, Magic Johnson, Diseases and Illnesses
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Miscarriage risks in focus after Michelle Duggar pregnancy loss
Sad news for Michelle Duggar and family: The "19 Kids and Counting" mom learned that she suffered a miscarriage in her second trimester.
The miscarriage reportedly was detected during during what was supposed to be a routine doctor's appointment for...Tags: Premature Birth, Hospitals and Clinics, Miscarriage, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health
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Oral HPV rates higher in men than women: What is HPV?
HPV infects the mouths of an estimated 7% of men and women from the ages of 14 to 69 in the U.S. -- and men have it at higher rates than women, according to a study out last week in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
Just 3.6% of women studied for...Tags: Human papillomavirus, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Mouth, Drugs and Medicines
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