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Cancer Screening
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Anchor lead: A lot of people have put off routine cancer screening during the pandemic, and that may lead to more precise use of screening tools, Elizabeth Tracey reports PSA testing, screening colonoscopy, and other cancer screenings have often fallen …
Who Needs Screening?
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Anchor lead: If you’ve survived breast cancer, how long should you continue annual screening mammography? Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’ve survived breast cancer and are now in your 70s or beyond, do you still need to have screening mammography? That …
Vaccination and Lymph Nodes
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Anchor lead: Women who get vaccinated for Covid-19 may develop swollen lymph nodes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Covid-19 immunizations may cause the lymph nodes in the armpit, or axilla, to become swollen and tender for a time. Women who experience this …
Prediabetes Significance
Eating for Health
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Anchor lead: If you have diabetes what you eat really does make a difference, Elizabeth Tracey reports Low carb diets do help people with diabetes improve their health, a recent meta-analysis found, although the benefits seemed to wane after a …
What’s a Low Carb?
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Anchor lead: How can the impact of carbohydrates be tested best? Elizabeth Tracey reports Carbohydrate consumption may be an important tool in helping control diabetes, a new meta-analysis suggests, and most helpful is knowing which carbs to avoid. Rita Kalyani, …