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CAD mammograms often find harmless spots
Apr 4 2007 9:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A good mammogram reader may do just as well at spotting cancers without expensive new computer systems often used for a second opinion, a new study suggests. Computerized mammography, now used for about a third of the nation's mammograms, too often finds harmless spots that lead to false scares, researchers found. That conflicts with earlier studies showing benefit from the systems.
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Vet claims docs removed wrong testicle
Apr 4 2007 9:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Air Force veteran filed a federal claim after undergoing an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
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Edwards: Do not neglect mammograms
Apr 4 2007 6:43PM (CT)
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Elizabeth Edwards said Wednesday she feels she let down her family and the country by neglecting to get mammograms that could have caught her cancer earlier. Mrs. Edwards _ appearing with her husband, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, in their first trip to Iowa since announcing her cancer had returned _ admonished women to get their mammograms.
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New TB strain in South Africa a concern
Apr 4 2007 6:01PM (CT)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The extent of the deadly new strain of tuberculosis in South Africa and the region is not known and is cause for concern, an international health expert said Wednesday.
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Engineers building drug filled tooth
Apr 4 2007 6:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Instead of settling for the bling of gold, a more practical person seeking a false tooth might eventually be able to get one that can deliver drugs.
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Hormone heart risks overstated for some
Apr 4 2007 6:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Maybe hormones aren't so bad for women's hearts after all _ if the women are still in their 50s. In a postscript to a landmark study five years ago that led millions of women to abandon hormones during menopause, a new review suggests the heart risks for this group of women were overstated.
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Tips to get a better mammogram
Apr 4 2007 4:02PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Healthy women should begin getting mammograms every year or two once they reach age 40, experts say. Here are tips from the American Cancer Society and other experts:
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Insurer must pay for boy breast surgery
Apr 4 2007 8:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An insurer that refused to pay for a teenage boy's breast reduction surgery on the ground that it was cosmetic must reimburse his father for the operation, a New York appeals court ruled.
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