NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it, a new study finds.
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Archive for January, 2010
Health News – Mammograms may be overused in women with dementia
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Health News – Mammograms may be overused in women with dementia
Saturday, January 30th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it, a new study finds.
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Health News – Even routine tests can up newborns’ pain response
Friday, January 29th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even a routine heel-stick test can be painful enough for some newborns to trigger an increase in potentially harmful free radicals in the blood, a new study suggests.
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Health News – Masks, hand sanitizer help halt flu spread
Thursday, January 28th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Want to be prepared for a flu pandemic? You may want to stock up on face masks and hand sanitizer, according to a new study.
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Health News – Infant swimming tied to lung infection, asthma
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who start swimming before the age of 2 may be at increased risk of a common infant lung infection, and possibly asthma and respiratory allergies later in life, a new study suggests.
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Health News – Many children ‘hear voices’; most aren’t bothered
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren’t really there, according to a new study.
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Health News – Weak evidence of benefit for scoliosis bracing
Monday, January 25th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine (scoliosis) in adolescents is a subject of ongoing debate and a new review of the medical literature does little to resolve the matter.
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Health News – Weak evidence of benefit for scoliosis bracing
Sunday, January 24th, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine (scoliosis) in adolescents is a subject of ongoing debate and a new review of the medical literature does little to resolve the matter.
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Health News – Weak evidence of benefit for scoliosis bracing
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of braces to correct excessive curvature of the spine (scoliosis) in adolescents is a subject of ongoing debate and a new review of the medical literature does little to resolve the matter.
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