Colon Cancer: Only 60 Percent of Americans Over 50 Are Screened
March 06, 2012
Colon Cancer:
Depression: Should pregnant women with depression take antidepressants? A new study links antidepressants with pre-term birth and some birth defects, but health experts say untreated depression can hurt baby too – so the jury's still out, Maia Szalavitz reports for Time.
Health Reform: Unlike some states that are stalling on implementing the new health reform law, Oregon is moving forward with changes that go well beyond federal mandates in hopes that they'll reduce costs and encourage preventive health care, Jonathan J. Cooper reports for the Associated Press.
Addiction: The U.S. Navy will start random drug testing of sailors after finding that dozens of sailors on its aircraft carriers were discharged last year after using drugs, including the synthetic drug Spice, which mimics marijuana, Reuters reports.
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