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...Spotlight on the new mammogram guidelines [Nov. 30]: Let me see if I have this straight. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force felt that the cost of women experiencing "risks" like anxiety outweighed the benefits of mammogram screening for women under age 50? Despite the fact that yearly screening for this age group "unquestionably" reduced the risk of dying 15%? I am 41, and let me be the first to tell Dr. Diana Petitti--who found the public backlash "surprising"--that I find it more anxiety-provoking to know that my risk of dying from breast cancer...
Leading 40-26 at the half, the Crimson wasted no time extending its lead in the second frame. The offense looked to sophomore forward Keith Wright to shoulder the scoring load, and the big man responded by scoring six straight points...
...other side, opportunity after opportunity passed Harvard by. Senior Doug Rogers, straight off the bench on a line change, found the puck on his stick, slotted it over to a teammate on the right side of the net, but Harvard couldn’t finish...
...also reported a nationwide drop in the frequency of visits to doctors for “influenza-like illnesses” for the fourth straight week...
...Barack Obama pledged during the 2008 campaign to boost PEPfAR funding by $1 billion each year, his first budget proposed just $366 million more for fiscal year 2010 than the current year, and a majority of the 15 countries that receive PEPfAR funds will see no increase. After five straight years of funding hikes and public-health victories - in 2008, Congress reauthorized PEPfAR with a new commitment of $48 billion over five years, with Senators Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden all voting in favor of the move - the slowdown has AIDS advocates scratching their heads: Why would the Obama...