Published: June 8, 2010
Overtreated: Surgery too often fails for back pain
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WASHINGTON – “Why did they cut you?”
The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation.
He didn’t know what to believe. Two other surgeons had urged more operations, different ones.
And Swenson, who’s from Howard Lake, Minn., is far from alone. [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better
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WASHINGTON – More medical care won’t necessarily make you healthier — it may make you sicker. It’s an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.
Anywhere from one-fifth to nearly one-third of the tests and treatments we get are estimated to be unnecessary, and avoidable care is costly in more ways than the bill: It [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Surging costs hit food security in poorer nations
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Families from Pakistan to Argentina to Congo are being battered by surging food prices that are dragging more people into poverty, fueling political tensions and forcing some to give up eating meat, fruit and even tomatoes.
Scraping to afford the next meal is still a grim daily reality in the developing world even though the global [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival
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CHICAGO – Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone treatments.
Results of the study were given Sunday at a cancer conference, where other research showed that an experimental drug boosted survival for women [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Drug boosts survival in major skin cancer study
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CHICAGO – Researchers have scored the first big win against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An experimental drug significantly improved survival in a major study of people with very advanced disease.
The results, reported Saturday at a cancer conference, left doctors elated.
“We have not had any therapy that has prolonged survival” until now, said [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Pfizer lung cancer drug promising in early tests
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CHICAGO – It’s way too soon to declare success, but an experimental drug for lung cancer patients with a certain gene showed extraordinary promise in early testing, doctors reported at a cancer conference on Saturday.
More than 90 percent of the 82 patients in a study saw their tumors shrink after two months on the drug, [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Another price of family violence: obese kids
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –
The young children of moms abused by their partners are at increased risk of being obese, a new study from Massachusetts finds.
The more often the abuse occurs, the higher the risk that pre-school children, especially girls, will be obese and, as a result, at increased risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Mouth Cancer Prognosis Improves When Cervical Cancer Virus
Involved
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MONDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) — For patients battling a type
of cancer that affects the back of the mouth, the chances of survival
increase if the tumor contains the sexually transmitted virus that causes
cervical cancer, new research shows.
In fact, the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most
important predictor of survival in oropharyngeal cancer, researchers from
the [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Childhood Adversity May Affect Pregnancy Later in Life
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TUESDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) — There may be a link between
childhood hardships and pregnancy problems in adulthood.
A new study by U.S. researchers involved 4,865 women who’d experienced
at least one hardship during childhood and had given birth at least once
by age 41. Hardships included family problems with alcohol, fathers who
didn’t take an interest in the [...]
Published: June 8, 2010
Microsoft to offer $1.15B in convertible debt
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Even one of the richest companies in the world, Microsoft Corp., can use some of the financial flexibility that comes from borrowing money at today’s relatively low rates.
Despite sitting on nearly $40 billion in cash and investments, the software company said Tuesday it will raise $1.15 billion by selling debt that is convertible to stock. [...]
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