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Troubled Japanese Reactor Poses Little Risk to California
FOX40 NewsCalifornians worried about radioactive contamination from the troubled nuclear power plant in Japan can rest a little easier says a U.C. Davis professor of radiology. "The amount of radioactive material released is relatively low," said Jarrold...Tags: Health, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Japan, California
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New US analysis backs annual breast screening
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A new analysis of evidence used by a U.S. advisory panel to roll back breast cancer screening guidelines suggests it may have ignored evidence that more frequent mammograms save more lives, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Breast Cancer, Education, Mammogram, Health and Safety at School
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Newport News allergists offer safer, quicker diagnoses for sinus, hearing problems
Hearing loss? Chronic sinus infection? Deviated septum? There's a new diagnostic tool in town: The Xoran MiniCAT scanner.
On first impression it looks like a futuristic electric chair. Patients sit upright and still in the square seat, while a gantry...Tags: Hampton (Windham, Connecticut), Allergies, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Surgery, Health
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Medical bills, private patient information sent to woman by mistake
Fox 59 NewsAn Indianapolis woman is speaking out after receiving medical bills and sensitive patient information for five complete strangers. "It's scary to think what someone could do with all this information," said Christina Haynes, who discovered the mix-up....Tags: Health, Health Insurance, Social Issues, WXIN, Medical Specialization
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Technology, enhancing lives
Technology has been advancing and making our lives easier since humans first walked the earth, and with the invention of the computer, we are seeing technology changing faster than ever. It's now influencing every aspect of our lives -- no matter...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, Business
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Digital Mammograms Could Save your Life
FOX 5 San Diego StaffIt's a screening that could save your life, because Dr. David Naugle says breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women. The most effective way to find it, is through mammograms, but now the screening has entered the digital age. Up...Tags: Health, Social Issues, Death, San Diego (San Diego, California), Breast Cancer
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Technology expands breast cancer screening options
Special to the Los Angeles TimesBreast-cancer-screening isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's harder. It's like looking for needles in a big field of haystacks, where some of the haystacks have needles, while most don't, but you don't know which are which, so you have to...Tags: Breast Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Los Angeles Times, Education
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Less-Invasive Treatments for Varicose Veins
McClatchy Tribune NewspapersMINNEAPOLIS - Teresa Maruna is on her feet all day in her job as a kidney dialysis technician, so her legs would feel tired in any case. But as someone predisposed to varicose veins, the pain could become excruciating and her ankles would swell to the...Tags: Overweight, Varicose Veins, Electronics, Ankles, Advanced Training
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Clamping down on CT scans for kids
Chicago TribuneFerdousi Dawood was worried. Her daughter's headaches were excruciating, and prescription medicines and natural remedies had failed to make a difference. Now, a doctor at Children's Memorial Hospital was recommending a CT scan to peer inside the 10-year-...Tags: Adults, Health and Medical Professionals, Illinois, Plastic Surgeons, Hoffman Estates
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One Size Does Not Fit All
St. Louis Post-DispatchEvery day, about 19,000 children in the United States get a CT scan, which carries a radiation level equivalent to 30 to 442 chest X-rays. The booming use of the scans along with research showing their overuse and link to cancer has experts launching...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Death, San Francisco, Networking
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'Stay-Tabs' Dangerous for Teens
The New York TimesThey swallowed what? Soda-can manufacturers replaced pull tabs with "stay-tabs" because children had a habit of pulling off the tab, throwing it into the drink to avoid throwing it on the sidewalk and then swallowing it when they took a big swig. But it...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, The New York Times, X-rays, Children
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Community Commentary: Women, take control of your breast health
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Yet when detected early, survival rates can be as high as 98%. So why is it that more women aren't getting annual mammograms? In the past eight years, national studies have shown a decrease...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body, Breast Cancer, Nursing
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