VITAL SIGNS
Prevention: Many False Alarms in Scans That Cut Cancer Deaths
By RONI CARYN RABIN
In a major study of smokers in which CT scans were found to reduce deaths from lung cancer by 20 percent, nearly 40 percent of patients receiving scans had a false-positive scare.
VITAL SIGNS
Prevention: A Better Use for Cotton Swabs Than Ear Cleaning
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Patients in a study whose surgical wounds were probed with a cotton swab daily had only one-sixth the number of infections experienced by patients in a comparison group.
What’s Inside The Bun?
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Manufacturers of processed meats like frankfurters are pushing for more accurate labeling rules when it comes to cancer-causing nitrite and nitrate.
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Giovanna Poli is living with sickle cell disease.
On most days Giovanna Poli acts like a typical 12-year-old, but she is living with sickle cell disease.
Administration Halts Survey of Making Doctor Visits
By ROBERT PEAR
The government shelved plans for a survey in which “mystery shoppers” would have seen how difficult it was to get appointments.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill on Thursday that will limit local control over restaurants.
At the behest of restaurateurs, state legislatures are passing laws that override local antiobesity ordinances.
Medicare Will Continue to Cover 2 Expensive Cancer Drugs
By ANDREW POLLACK
Drugs for prostate and breast cancer will still be covered by Medicare, despite their high costs and recent debate about the effectiveness of one.
The Ups and Downs of Life After Transplants
By LARRY DORMAN
Erik Compton’s first transplanted heart, installed when he was 12, failed in 2008, and he had another transplant; he jokes now that “everybody knows I’m the guy with two hearts.”
Round 1 in Appeals of Health Care Overhaul Goes to Obama
By KEVIN SACK
The ruling, the first by a federal appeals court on the health care overhaul, affirmed a Michigan ruling that Congress can require that Americans obtain health insurance.
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Yeast extract helps bring a liverlike flavor to this vegetarian pâté.
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BOOKS
A Timely E. Coli Story, Spun as a Legal Thriller
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
In “Poisoned,” Jeff Benedict focuses on the gruesome and complicated legal tangle that accompanied the deadly 1992 Jack in the Box outbreak.
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