Doctors are unlikely to stop screening men for prostate cancer, even though about half agree they should, according to a small survey of physicians from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.Many prostate cancer patients and their doctors were outraged after a government advisory panel recommended Monday that physicians stop using the PSA blood test to screen healthy men. In its statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force noted that the PSA has never been shown to reduce overall deaths, although treatments often make men impotent or incontinent.Doctors gave conflicting and sometimes surprising responses, however, to a survey about those guidelines and whether they would follow them.Although about half of primary care doctors agreed with the guidelines, less than 2% said they planned to actually ... Continue reading →
WASHINGTON – The co-owner of a major Pentagon propaganda contractor publicly admitted Thursday that he was behind a series of websites used to discredit two USA TODAY journalists who had reported on the contractor.The online "misinformation campaign," first reported last month, has raised questions about whether the Pentagon or its contractors had turned its propaganda operations against U.S. citizens. But Camille Chidiac, the minority owner of Leonie Industries and its former president, said he was responsible for the online activity and was operating independent of the company or the Pentagon."I take full responsibility for having some of the discussion forums opened and reproducing their previously published USA TODAY articles on them," he said a statement released by his attorney, Lin Wood, of Atlanta."I recognize and ... Continue reading →
On sunny days, the climbing domes quickly got hotter than a frying pan. Kids scalded their hands, prompting park officials to install a tent over the dome in Union Square and to remove the domes in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The uproar highlights an issue that makes many parents as hot as a metal slide: a lack of shade at most of the places that children spend their summers.At stake is far more than playtime comfort. Though children have always dealt with the summer sun, research now shows a growing risk of the most serious form of skin cancer. And sun exposure is greatest during childhood.Shade does more than protect children's skin. A growing number of advocates say it also may help kids stay more active.At ... Continue reading →
