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Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?
New York Times· 4 hours agoMammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound...
Caring for older Americans’ teeth and gums is essential, but Medicare generally doesn’t cover that...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 hours ago...Frank Scannapieco, University at Buffalo and Ira Lamster, Stony Brook University (The State...
The Model Minority Isn’t A Model Of Health - But Is Often Seen As One
Forbes· 1 day ago...Americans have an overall life expectancy of 83.5 years, compared with 76.1 for white Americans, they tend to to have the lowest obesity rates and the lowest cancer deaths rates out of Black, Hispanic, or white individuals in the United States, and they have the highest likelihood of obtaining a...
Cancer cases in younger people are rising sharply. Here are some preventive measures to take
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhy are younger people getting cancer at higher rates when the incidence among older individuals has...
Do You Actually Need That Daily Aspirin You're Taking?
Verywell Health via AOL· 2 weeks agoA University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging found that one in four adults between the...
New screening guidance caught her cancer early. Soon, a blood test could give patients more options
Post-Bulletin· 6 days agoThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended in 2021 that adults should ...
Largest-ever global deployment of cholera rapid diagnostic tests for better disease control
News-Medical-Net· 1 week agoThis programme will improve the timeliness and accuracy of outbreak detection and response by...
Black women speak on motherhood during Black Maternal Health Week
Afro· 6 days agoDiscover the alarming statistics on Black maternal mortality and the need for action to address the...
OJ Simpson dies after prostate cancer diagnosis: What to know about PSA screening
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoO.J. Simpson died at 76 following a diagnosis of prostate cancer, which is the second-leading cause...
Few Marylanders are screened for lung cancer. Can this new $8M statewide effort change that? - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 3 days agoIn widely accepted guidelines, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends ...