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74, rather they recommend screening every two years. The scientific reasons for these recommendations are unclear. Since mammography screening became widespread, there has been a drop in the breast cancer death rate by 30 percent since 1990.  

Pure evil. As if the parents of special needs children don't suffer enough. Dems will increase taxes on the parents of special needs children in their nationalized health care bill.

One of them caps the amount that can be deferred in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) at $2500 per year (a similar provision was included in the Pelosi-Obama health bill)   -Ryan Ellis

 

Fellow American ladies, a new development about our oh-so-favorite physical exam....New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past (hat tip: G Enggas ). The advice, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is meant to decrease unnecessary testing and potentially harmful treatment, particularly in teenagers and young women. The group's previous guidelines had recommended ...  

Police continued making arrests Friday in largest roundup of drug traffickers in the city's history. The bust, which began Thursday, was in response to calls from residents to clean up drug sales on the city's streets. "We didn't necessarily concentrate on one particular neighborhood, we went where the leads took us," said Covington Police Capt. Teal Nally.  

Ray-Ray Dietz, a 13-year-old Covington boy with cerebral palsy who is home-schooled, will be allowed to receive an H1N1 flu vaccination when they are administered Nov. 30 at Holmes High School after a flap over whether he could was resolved. "It this (grandmother) wants the kid to get the shot, he can get the shot," said Covington Independent Schools spokeswoman Debra Vance, after a day of back-and-forth discussions among district and Northern Kentucky Health Department employees. The vaccinations ...  

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) announced their opposition to the “ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ,” released this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid .  

Alcohol prices could rise by 10% next year because of tax increases, the head of a major brewer has said. Stuart MacFarlane from AB InBev UK, which owns brands including Beck's, Stella and Budweiser, told The Grocer the majority of price rises in 2010 would come from "Government meddling". From January, VAT will go up by 2.5% and in April alcohol duty will go up by 2%.  

"The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has informed WHO of a mutation detected in three H1N1 viruses," the WHO said in a briefing note overnight. "The viruses were isolated from the first two fatal cases of pandemic influenza in the country and one patient with severe illness," it said, although it added that no further instances were found in tests. The WHO revealed that a similar mutation had been observed in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, and the United States as early as April, but underlined that there was no evidence of more infections or more deaths as a result.  

You need to pass real health care reform. Working America and union members delivered thousands of handwritten letters to senators in these key states. On Tuesday in Louisiana, Wednesday in Arkansas and yesterday in four other states, these activists brought more than 15,000 letters to their senators in support of health care reform that expands coverage, doesn't raise costs for middle-class families because it doesn't tax their benefits and includes a public health insurance option to help hold insurance companies accountable.  

In Boulder,CO kids have two drink choices: white milk or water. But dairy representatives sat kids who drink chocolate milk aren't any heavier than those who drink white milk, and their diets are well rounded. Their research shows when flavored milk was removed from schools, kids didn't turn to white milk.