Navy approves 24 hour sleep shift for submariners
The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton endorses a 24 hour schedule that extends watch, training, and sleep blocks from six to eight hours. Cmdr Seth Burton, a cancer survivor, led the USS Scranton in the first full deployment under the plan, which aims to reduce fatigue and align with the body's natural rhythm.
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Teen heart transplant joins two lives across tragedy
In Tampa on March 9, a year after Amanda’s death, Ronald Pierce met Garrett Leopold at Kate Jackson Park with Amanda’s photo albums and Garrett’s stethoscope. Amanda, 18, died after a March 8 crash while Garrett, born with heart defects, received her heart on March 11, continuing a fragile link between two families.
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South Tampa
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DNA HPV test stirs debate over Pap smear role in cervical cancer screening
Roche seeks FDA approval to make a DNA only HPV test the first choice for screening, risking overtreatment of young women. Critics warn it could undermine Pap tests, raise costs to 80–100 dollars per test, and prompt unnecessary colposcopies up to 500 dollars.
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Roche
FDA
American Cancer Society
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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