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Cancer free, but weighing a mastectomy because of genetic tests

CHICAGO: Her latest mammogram was clean. But Deborah Lindner, 33, was tired of constantly looking for the lump.
Ever since a DNA test had revealed her unusually high chance of developing breast cancer, Lindner had agonized over whether to have a mastectomy, a procedure that would reduce her risk by 90 percent.
She had stared […]

New reports: Fewer HIV cases in India

NEW DELHI (AP) The experts’ consensus was that India had the most HIV cases in the world Д 5.7 million Д and that number could rise if aggressive measures weren’t adopted.
On Friday, that consensus changed dramatically when international AIDS experts and Indian health officials revealed new data showing India to have less than […]

Senator Clinton prepares 2nd bid to revamp U.S. health care

WASHINGTON: Rarely does a politician, a party or a political system get a chance at a do-over.
Yet when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton rolls out a comprehensive health plan in Iowa on Monday, it will be just that: Clinton, or whoever the next president might be, has a second chance to fix a system that […]

The spotlight grows on outpatient surgery

James McCusker says he’d think twice before having surgery outside hospital walls again. When he opted to have a sinus procedure at an outpatient surgical center in Norwalk, Conn., an allergic reaction to the anesthesia caused him to have muscle convulsions that sent the surgeon and nurse flying into a panic, he says.
After the […]

Top exercisers of the ’80s still have all the moves

When aerobic dancing took off in the 1980s, exercisers went for the burn and sweated to the oldies.
Now a much wider array of fitness classes is available.
Three of the biggest names in aerobic dance and exercise, Judi Sheppard Missett, Kathy Smith and Tamilee Webb, speak Sunday at the IDEA Health & Fitness Association’s […]