Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests — this time research showing millions of older women don’t need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly so often.
Chances are you’ve heard that many expert groups say cancer screening is overused, too, from mammograms given too early or too often to prostate cancer tests that may not save lives. It’
Study Shows How Stress Triggers Immune System
MONDAY, Jan. 23 () — Shedding some light on why stress might be bad for you, a new study finds that parts of your immune system ramp up when you get into personal conflicts with others.
It’s not clear how this effect of stress may make you sick, but the activated parts of the immune system — which cause inflammation in the body — have been linked to conditions such as diabetes and cancer.
“The message is that the flotsam and jetsam of life predict changes in your underlying biology in ways that cumulatively could have a bad effect on health,” said study co-author Shelley Taylor, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
How Gen X reacted to the H1N1 pandemic
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How Gen X reacted to the H1N1 pandemic
Study: More educated most likely to get vaccinated against H1N1
Author: By William Hudson CNN Published On: Tue Jan 24 06:27:09 CST 2012 Updated On: Tue Jan 24 08:11:15 CST 2012
In April 2009, the CDC identified a new virus in humans: H1N1, or what was then called swine flu, and the wheels of the public health machine started turning.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global H1N1 pandemic in June, and by October 2009, the first doses of an H1N1-specific vaccine were administered.
A study published Tuesday looks at how Americans in their thirties reacted to the availability of a vaccine. In
Weight Loss: Is Bypass Better than Banding?
Very Obese Bypass Patients in Study Lost More Weight, Kept it Off Longer
Jan. 16, 2012 — Gastric banding doesn’t work as well as bypass surgery, according to a new study in the journal .
More than 200,000 weight loss surgeries are performed annually in the U.S. and more people are choosing banding procedures over gastric bypasses.
AfterShot Pro: Fantastic New Digital Darkroom Software From Corel
Are you a professional photographer or a serious enthusiast in search of a new tool to help you organize, manage and edit your digital photos You may want to check out the recently-released AfterShot Pro. Well take the software for a test run and see what it can do.
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AfterShot Pro is the latest addition to Corel’s line of digital photography software products – a line that sports other familiar names, such as PaintShop Pro and PhotoImpact. The first thing you may be wondering is, “What makes AfterShot Pro different from Corel’s other offerings?” At least, that was the first thing that went through my mind when I initially heard about the new software. The answer
