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MDs urged to quit prostate screens in elderly men

August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal task force advised Monday in a new blow to a much scrutinized medical test.


Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate

July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | User comments: 7

(AP) -- When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that ...