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Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests
40 mins ago
Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system.
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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
66 mins ago
A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism.
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Women on the pill may live longer
4 hours 3 mins ago
Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
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People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk
10 hours 50 mins ago
People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday.
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Guidelines: Do medical tests later, less often
11 hours 34 mins ago
Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often:
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Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
1 day ago
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
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Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section
1 day ago
Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."
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Study: those who stay fit have longer sex lives
2 days ago
It seems the old cliche may be true.
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