Friday, February 6, 2009

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Octuplets' mother dreamed of having "huge family"
February 5, 2009 at 9:12 pm

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of six who made headlines last month by giving birth to octuplets said on Thursday she had long craved a "huge family" and tried for years to get pregnant before conceiving her first child through in vitro fertilization.

Radiation benefits women with early breast cancer
February 5, 2009 at 7:42 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of published studies confirms that the addition of radiation therapy to breast-conserving surgery in the treatment of a noninvasive early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) substantially decreases the risk of recurrence of either DCIS or invasive breast cancer in the affected breast.

Study questions routine X-rays, MRIs for back pain
February 5, 2009 at 6:33 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Routine use of costly X-ray, MRI and CT scans on patients with lower back pain may be unnecessary and, in the case of two of the tests, expose people to low-dose radiation, researchers said on Thursday.

FDA lacks access to food safety records: Congress
February 5, 2009 at 5:38 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lacks access to food safety tests that could have helped identify problems at a peanut plant at the center of one of the biggest food recalls in U.S. history, members of Congress said on Thursday.
 

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