Physicians can do more to promote regular Pap tests

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Many women do not receive annual Pap smears, and this is partly because doctors fail to follow up and encourage them to be tested. Although the cure rate approaches 100% for cervical cancer caught early, 4,400 women die each year of the disease. Black women, women over 65, poor women and rural women are most likely to have never had a Pap smear. Some doctors forget to mention the test or only respond to women's direct requests. Medicare reimburses only $7.89 for the test, and many private insurance companies do not cover it.

Social aspects, Prevention, Physicians, Medical professions, Social policy, Cervical cancer, Pap test

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User-fee bill to speed drug approvals evolves from 'historic' cooperation

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Rep John Dingell has introduced a bill to require pharmaceutical companies to pay user-fees for each step in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug trials. The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources is also conducting hearings on its version of the bill. A graduated scale of fees applies to large and small drug companies. Expected to earn $300 million over a period of five years, the fees would enable the FDA to hire more employees to speed the drug approval process.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Legislative bodies, Pharmaceutical industry, Product introduction, Science and technology policy, United States. Congress

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Letter criticizes FDA handling of gel implant issue; sent by plastic surgery group of 5,000 surgeons

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Consumer advocates criticize the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons for sending its members a letter excoriating the Food and Health Administration (FDA) for its handling of the silicone gel breast implant investigation. The letter claims that politics rather than science governs the FDA's moratorium on the use of silicone gel implants.

Health aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Breast implants, Plastic surgeons, Silicones in medicine, Medical silicones

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