7/18/10 Articles – Dawn & Dennis
Lung-cancer patients who quit smoking survive longer - Time.com There’s no question that quitting smoking benefits your health, not least by reducing your risk of developing lung cancer. But what if you’re a smoker who has already been diagnosed with lung cancer — will quitting give you any advantage in fighting the disease?
Getting a New Knee or Hip? Do It Right the First Time - New York Times – THERE is nothing like a new hip or knee to put the spring back in your step. Patients receiving joint implants often are able to resume many of the physical activities they love, even those as vigorous as tennis and hiking. No wonder, then, that joint replacement is growing in popularity.
THE VERDICT: HANG UP – Don’t Fall for Jury Duty Scam – FBI – The phone rings, you pick it up, and the caller identifies himself as an officer of the court. He says you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest. You say you never received a notice. To clear it up, the caller says he’ll need some information for “verification purposes”-your birth date, social security number, maybe even a credit card number.
Universal Cholesterol Screenings For Children – Redorbit.com – Thousands of children with high levels of LDL cholesterol are going untreated, as current guidelines exclude as many as 10-percent of those who could benefit from medication, according to a new study completed by researchers at the West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown.
Medical Tests: 4 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Running Any Tests – ThirdAge.com – It has happened to all of us. We go to the doctor for a physical or because we don’t feel well. He or she orders a test to find out what’s wrong or to make sure we’re doing all right. We get the test because the doctor says we need it. We don’t question it because we tend not to second-guess doctors. But we should, because not only do these tests raise insurance costs, but they may actually be bad for our health!
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