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Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new breast
cancer screening guidelines this week, which has led to major
discussions in the medical community about when women should start
getting annual mammograms.
Updating from guidelines set in 2002, the USPSTF recommended against
routine breast cancer screenings for women under the age of 50. It
didn't take long for other breast health agencies to take umbrage with
the new mandates. University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Dr. Donna
Plecha, a breast imaging specialist, agrees with a statement issued in
response from the American Society of Breast Disease on screening
mammography, breast self-examination, and clinical breast exams that in
summary says the new guidelines, "conflict with the facts."
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Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 The machines may just take over...and that, for heart transplant patients or those who can't get a transplant but still need mechanical intervention to survive, may be a good thing. Traditionally, the only therapy for patients who have advanced heart failure was a transplant. However, transplantation is sometimes an inadequate option in light of the large number of potential candidates, lack of donors, and the coexisting conditions that make most potential candidates ineligible for transplantation. That's when a patient's only hopes are ventricular assist devices, or heart pumps.
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Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that it has found E. Coli bacteria in Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. Nestle announced a recall of the product over a week ago after the FDA had found evidence of E. Coli in a sample of a refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough bar. Close to 35 people who have eaten the dough have been hospitalized and more than 70 people in almost 30 states have been infected.
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