[Health] Study leaves women with conflicting advice on mammograms

Study leaves women with conflicting advice on mammograms
http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/diseases/breast-cancer-causes-symptoms-and-treatment_19778.html
CHICAGO | Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:13am EST. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Controversial U.S. guidelines for mammography issued in 2009, calling for screening every two years rather than annually for women over 50 years old, can result in breast cancers being ...

Venezuela's Chavez heads to Cuba for medical treatment
http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1741128-venezuelas-chavez-to-continue-medical-treatment-in-cuba/
CARACAS | Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:11pm EST. CARACAS (Reuters) - Following a nearly two-week absence from the public eye, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Cuba on Tuesday for medical treatment, months after he underwent chemotherapy ...

Drinking grapefruit juice with some medications can be deadly, study warns
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57554838/drinking-grapefruit-juice-with-some-medications-can-be-deadly-study-warns/
Many people are unaware that grapefruit juice may have adverse reactions when combined with certain medications, and now a new study shows there's even more drugs on the market that carry the risk.

Cutting Medicare Consults Hiked Total Spending
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/GeneralPrimaryCare/36115
Eliminating Medicare payments for consultations and instead upping reimbursements for office visits created 6.5% more overall spending in the program, a study found.

Most HIV-positive US youth don't know they're sick: study
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i5748kpGWaGkcQteou1H8oxsQx_Q?docId=CNG.5a2bf3bd9c800553bbad0c7398698883.1a1
CHICAGO - More than a quarter of new HIV infections in the United States strike young people aged 13 to 24 and 60 percent of those don't know they're sick, health officials said Tuesday.

AIDS fighting spirit flagging, will miss 2015 targets: charity
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/aids-fighting-spirit-flagging-will-miss-2015-targets-charity_787915.html
By Anna Yukhananov. WASHINGTON | Tue Nov 27, 2012 12:22pm EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world has lost momentum in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, with millions of new people infected last year, the ONE foundation said in a report given ...

High Fructose Corn Syrup Consumption Linked With Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/business/new-scrutiny-for-diabetes-and-sweeteners.html
Researchers have found an association between consumption of high fructose corn syrup and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the journal Global Public Health.

Pediatricians Say Emergency Contraception Should Be Prescribed In Advance ...
http://thegloss.com/sex-and-dating/pediatricians-say-emergency-contraception-should-be-prescribed-in-advance-why-i-agree-668/
Yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stated its opinion that the United States' pediatricians should explain emergency contraception to all of their adolescent patients, as well as make available advance prescriptions for females under 17 ...

Transplant Pioneer Murray Dies at 93
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Transplantation/Transplantation/36123
Joseph Murray, MD, who performed the first successful human organ transplant in 1954, died Monday at the age of 93 from complications of a stroke suffered last week.

Meningitis Outbreak Deaths Increases to 36
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/national/article/205528/28/Two-More-Deaths-Blamed-On-Meningitis-Outbreak
Health officials announced Monday that more people have died from the national meningitis outbreak, bringing the number of deaths to 36.

Momentum Builds For Hepatitis C Testing Of Baby Boomers
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/26/165935513/momentum-builds-for-hepatitis-c-testing-of-baby-boomers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential and often controversial panel of doctors, is moving toward a recommendation for testing that could apply to all baby boomers.

Acadia agrees to buy two behavioral health firms
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20121127/NEWS/311279962/acadia-agrees-to-buy-two-behavioral-health-firms
Acadia Healthcare Co., Franklin, Tenn., announced it has agreed to buy two behavioral health companies, Behavioral Centers of America for $145 million in cash and AmiCare Behavioral Centers for $113 million in cash.