Pap test remains top cervical cancer screen for women
Government advised study supports Pap smears every three years for young and middle aged women while HPV testing lacks sufficient evidence. Advisory panel notes HPV screening may add harms without proven benefits and suggests starting ages and end age rules, with 65 or older if adequately screened.
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American Cancer Society
Evelyn Whitlock
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Center For Health Research
Portland
Ore
Debbie Saslow
Cancer Society
CDC estimates cost of excessive drinking at $2 per drink
A federal CDC study estimates that excessive drinking cost U S society about 224 billion dollars in 2006, roughly 1.90 dollars per drink. About 80 percent of the cost came from federal government spending, with binge drinking driving much of the expense.
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CDC
U.S
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Federal
Thomas Frieden
Personal crisis thoughts and plans in U S 2008
The piece notes death by own action as a leading cause in 2008 with data from the CDC. It compares percentages by state and U S totals for personal crisis thoughts 6.8 percent Georgia 0 1 percent Rhode Island 2 8 percent and U S 3 7 percent of the population with 8.3 million in crisis thoughts and 2.2 million in crisis plans. It also cites 1 million attempts at death by own action 0 5 percent and highlights Georgia and Rhode Island figures.
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U.S
CDC Finds 1 in 25 Adolescents Use Antidepressants
A government study covering 12 000 U S adolescents and adults from 2005 to 2008 reports about 4 of 100 adults and 1 in 25 youths use antidepressants for low mood. Women use them more than men, whites more than Black or Mexican American individuals, and most users take the medication for two years or longer.
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Atlanta
United Sants
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S
Laura Pratt
CDC
Capeeneeen Ommans
Pratt
Winter forecast: dry south cold north and heavy snow
Government forecasters say drought will worsen in the South with warmer drier conditions while the north and Midwest face cold and wet weather. La Nina influences the pattern with above normal snowfall predicted from the Northwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
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Washington, D.C
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mike Halpert
Climate Prediction Center
Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee River
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Florida
Virginia
New Mexico
David Brown
Southern Regional
NOAA
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Brown
New York
Kentucky
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Missouri River
Northern Plains
Southern Plains
Gulf Coast States
South Atlantic Coast
Tennessee
Northeast
Mid- Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Hawaii
Big Island
Maui
Alaska
Panhandle
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Georgia
Suicidal
Rhode Island
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Judy Treible
del, Ga
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Care Service
Exrands
Hayne Avenue
Aiken
Daybreakcare.com
Iken Performing Arts Group
Diana Amos
Jacob Will
Gian Carlo Menott
The
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Phillip Bush Ludwig van Beethe
Pyper Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Aiken’s
First Baptist Church
Chesterfield Street
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