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Preventive Services Task Force

Is it Rationing? Cancer Screening and Clinical Uncertainty

M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D. | Posted 08.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Prevention, Health Care Costs, Disease Prevention, Psa, Prostate Cancer, Prevention, Health Care Rationing, Health Care Reform, Cancer, Medical Costs, Health Care, Preventive Services Task Force, Healthcare, Prostate Cancer Screening, Cancer Screening, Health News, Healthy Living News
M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D.

The dilemma for PSA screening and many other tests and treatments is that there's no science-based way to know whether holding back constitutes "rationing" for particular patients.

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A Prevention Revolution

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Preventive Services Task Force, Health Care Legislation, Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Preventative Care, Chronic Illness, Home News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Seven out of 10 deaths in America are attributable to largely preventable chronic illnesses. Until now. As implementation of the recent health-reform legislation begins, our nation is finally putting prevention into practice.

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Obese Kids Should Be Screened, Treated According To Task Force

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Obesity, Kids, Obese Kids, Preventive Services Task Force, Pediatrics, Over Weight, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior trea...

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Take Two Studies And Call Them In The Morning

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Annals of Internal Medicine, American Cancer Society, Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer, Breast Exams, Diagnostic Tests, Mammograms, Health Guidelines, Health and Human Services, Medicine, Health Care, Preventive Services Task Force, Health, Healthy Living News
Rick Horowitz

If you've been eating plenty of this and that because we kept proclaiming that this and that are good for you, you might want to scale back a bit.

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