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Community Commentary: Women, take control of your breast health
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Yet when detected early, survival rates can be as high as 98%. So why is it that more women aren't getting annual mammograms? In the past eight years, national studies have shown a decrease...Tags: Nursing, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Breast, Health
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Army brain scans hunt blast effects
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — After a mortar exploded next to Spc. James Saylor last year in Afghanistan, he underwent a series of scans to see how the explosion affected his brain. Standard CT scans showed no obvious signs of damage, but his symptoms...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Alzheimer's Disease, Health, Head Injuries
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Hospital plans differ on physicians
TribLocal - Crystal Lake » NewsIf Centegra Health System builds a hospital in Huntley, a patient could be treated by any doctor with privileges and maybe even a personal favorite …... -
Medical report says airport scanners pose no significant health threat
Money & CompanyThe radiation doses emitted by the most common airport scanners are extremely small and pose no significant health risk, according to a new report by a doctor at UC San Francisco. Still, Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a doctor at the university's radiology...... -
Confidence in your CT scan
HealthSacred Heart Hospital in Allentown has joined about 15 other medical imaging centers in the Lehigh Valley to receive accreditation in Computed Tomography by the American College of Radiology. The college is the gold standard in imaging, so patients who go... -
May 6 buzz: How to stop healthcare costs from going up; the benefit of Superman going global
Opinion L.A.Most viewed and commented: Diagnosis as disease Are doctors overmedicating their patients, and subsequently raising healthcare costs? That's what H. Gilbert Welch contends. The practicing physician and professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute... -
Changing course mid career
![Life often takes unexpected twists and turns, as it did for Jeff Henry, 29, of Huntington Beach. Henry always knew he wanted to be a teacher. He was a volunteer coach in a youth program and quickly realized teaching went hand in hand with coaching. With a bachelor's degree and teaching credential from Vanguard University, Henry got a job as a math teacher in a Santa Ana high school. He soon found out that he was not suited for the job. "I tried hard to motivate the kids, but with little parent involvement, it was hard watching kids fail out of school," Henry recalled. "I took it on as my own failure."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/58313364-10145207.jpg "Life often takes unexpected twists and turns, as it did for Jeff Henry, 29, of Huntington Beach. Henry always knew he wanted to be a teacher. He was a volunteer coach in a youth program and quickly realized teaching went hand in hand with coaching. With a bachelor's degree and teaching credential from Vanguard University, Henry got a job as a math teacher in a Santa Ana high school. He soon found out that he was not suited for the job. "I tried hard to motivate the kids, but with little parent involvement, it was hard watching kids fail out of school,\" Henry recalled. \"I took it on as my own failure.\"")
Life often takes unexpected twists and turns, as it did for Jeff Henry, 29, of Huntington Beach. Henry always knew he wanted to be a teacher. He was a volunteer coach in a youth program and quickly realized teaching went hand in hand with coaching. With a...Tags: University of Southern California, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Family, Health and Medical Professionals, Television
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Cincinnati doctor named to lead Nemours’ Orlando hospital
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelNemours, which is building a children's hospital at Lake Nona's “medical city” complex, has appointed Dr. Lane F. Donnelly to the positions of Chief Medical Officer and Physician-in-Chief at Nemours Children’s Hospit... -
Rotary Club of Evanston helps bring improved medical care to needy in Guatemala
TribLocal - EvanstonThe Rotary Club of Evanston was one of six local-area Rotary clubs and other organizations that recently worked together to provide a digital X-ray system …... -
Radiation risk real but misunderstood
The nuclear disaster following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami has Americans worried about the risks of exposure to radiation. The Food and Drug Administration has begun screening imported seafood after a number of nations banned Japanese imports...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Genes and Chromosomes, St. Joseph Medical Center, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Beyond the mammogram
Baltimore SunScreening for breast cancer isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's harder. It's like looking for needles in a big field of haystacks, where some of the haystacks have needles, while most don't, but you don't know which are which, so you...Tags: University of Southern California, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Gaming, Breast
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Breast density linked to cancer risk
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDensity. It's a less obvious feature of the female breast than, say, size. But at least when it comes to good health, it's probably more important. In fact, it just might be the greatest cancer risk you've never heard of. Study after study has found...Tags: University of Southern California, Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Gaming, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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