Elderly questioned on when to quit cancer screening
Washington based report notes guidelines rarely address when to stop routine cancer tests. Dartmouth researchers find life saved by screening declines after age 75 due to harms and anxiety, with quit points at 75 to 80 costing days of life saved.
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Washington
William C. Black
Dartmouth Medical School
Black
New blood thinner shows promise in early tests
A new class of blood thinner reduces leg clots after knee or hip replacement with half the clot rate of heparin in a preliminary study. Researchers say results are encouraging but safety and effectiveness remain uncertain. the study was funded by AstraZeneca and presented at a Portugal conference.
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London
Portugal
AstraZeneca
Food makers bet Americans still crave fat rich snacks
At the supermarket show Kraft Foods and Sara Lee roll out high fat items like Calzone Creations with up to 12 grams saturated fat and a cheesecake snack bar. Nestle also offers Power Bar with added fat while Consumer concern over fat declines though obesity rises, experts say.
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Chicago
Sara Lee Corp
Kraft Foods
Oscar Meyer
Dean Foods
Nestle
Glen Murphy
Mississauga
Ontario
On This Day in History May 9 Highlights
Key events on May 9 include Christopher Columbus leaving Cadiz in 1902 for his final voyage, Byrd and Bennett flying over the North Pole in 1926, Italy annexing Ethiopia in 1936, and Enovid birth control approval in 1960. The day also saw Minow's wasteland remark in 1961, Nixon impeachment hearings beginning in 1974, Aldo Moro’s body found in 1978, Mandela named South Africa’s first black president in 1994, and Cuba boat people repatriation in 1995.
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