Top stories in health and medicine this morning, March 31, 2011

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1. PSA Screening in Older Men Often Unnecessary. Almost a third of older men with limited life expectancy continue to have unnecessary PSA tests.

2. Stress, Time Asleep Affect Weight-Loss Success. Success at losing weight may depend on how much sleep a patient gets — and how much stress they are under.

3. Telemedicine Cuts Deaths in ICU. Telemedicine in the ICU lowers mortality and length of stay in intensive care, but has no effect on these parameters in the rest of the hospital.

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Top stories in health and medicine this morning, April 1, 2011

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1. Ca Risk Lower After Liver Transplant if Smokers Quit. Liver transplant patients who quit smoking significantly lower their risk of subsequently developing a smoking-related malignancy.

2. Panel Digests Data Linking Food Coloring, Hyperactivity. Judging from the data and the discussion during the first day of an FDA panel meeting on food dyes, it appears likely that juices, candies, cereals, yogurts, and hundreds of other everyday foods will maintain their brighter-than-bright hues.

3. Nine Dead, Tainted IV Nutrition Solution Implicated. Nine patients have died and 10 others have been sickened after being treated in six Alabama hospitals with contaminated total parenteral nutrition solution.

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