jueves, 24 de marzo de 2011

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DOCTOR AND PATIENT

Interns at the Operating Table

Why patients can relax if they see a young doctor-in-training following their gurney into the operating room.
VITAL SIGNS

Risks: Wealthier Women Get More Melanoma, Study Finds

Experts aren’t sure why, but a new study suggests that these women may be at increased risk because they are spending more leisure time outdoors.
VITAL SIGNS

Prognosis: Study Finds Troubles With Gastric Band Surgery

More than a decade after having the procedure, patients had lost just 43 percent of their excess weight, a study finds.
RECIPES FOR HEALTH

Spinach and Red Pepper Frittata

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Spinach brings a variety of nutrients to this appealing frittata.
Earthquake in Japan
At a shelter in Koriyama, Japan, a vice president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, right, bowed in apology to evacuees.

Anxiety Up as Tokyo Issues Warning on Its Tap Water

Radioactive iodine detected in the water supply added to the anxiety about Japan’s nuclear crisis.
Under a new law, women seeking abortions in South Dakota must go to consultations at “pregnancy help centers” like the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls.

Women Seeking Abortions in South Dakota to Get Anti-Abortion Advice

South Dakota became the first state to require all women seeking abortions to first attend a consultation at a “pregnancy help center.”
SKIN DEEP

Trolling the Oceans to Combat Aging

Scientists studying algae find themselves with a skin-care line.

Supreme Court Rules Against Zicam Maker

The plaintiffs said that Matrixx Initiatives had failed to report adverse affects of its cold remedy, Zicam.

F.D.A. Bans Some Food Imports From Japan

The F.D.A. is temporarily halting imports of dairy products and produce from the area of Japan where a nuclear reactor is leaking radiation.
TEMPEST A hurricane evacuation caused gridlock around Houston in 2005.

Dangers of Leaving No Resident Behind

As the Japanese are learning, the science behind herding thousands, sometimes millions, of people from danger to safety is uncertain at best.

Radiation, Once Free, Can Follow Tricky Path

How — and how fast — radioactive elements travel depends on many factors, including weather, soil and what they land on first.
WELL BLOG

After a Diagnosis, Wishing for a Magic Number

“What was the chance that my wife’s breast cancer would come back?” a cancer researcher writes
 QUANDARY  One woman is considering a disfiguring operation to remove tungsten.

Riddled With Metal by Mistake in a Study

A device meant to shield healthy tissue from radiation during surgery for breast cancer left hundreds of tiny particles of the heavy metal tungsten inside dozens of patients.

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