Archive for the ‘Health News’ Category
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
(AP)
AP – Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
(AP)
AP – Republicans are seizing on this week’s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul.
Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
(AP)
AP – First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group
(AP)
AP – Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don’t. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
SEC accuses 4 people in alleged Ponzi scheme
(AP)
AP – Federal regulators have accused four people and two companies of fraud in an alleged $30 million Ponzi scheme that lured 300 investors nationwide in purported eco-friendly investments.