Prostate cancer screening: know your options

Article Abstract:

The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test has joined the digital rectal exam as techniques for diagnosing prostate cancer and has significantly increased the cases detected. However, the risks of the test and of treatment options for prostate cancer make the use of the test controversial.

Diagnosis, Testing, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen, Prostate specific antigen

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Wellness: know your numbers for 1996

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Information about blood pressure, caloric intake, fat grams, exercise levels, cholesterol ratio and the waist-to-hip ratio is provided to help people determine their level of fitness or improve it. The risks associated with being overweight and having high blood pressure are described.

Standards, Physical fitness

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Pulmonary embolism: what you know may save your life

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Blood clots may develop when the legs are down for long periods of time, such as on a long plane trip, so it is important to get up and move around frequently. A blood clot could move to the lung arteries to block blood flow to the lung tissue which could be fatal.

Prevention, Cover Story, Blood clotting disorders, Blood coagulation disorders, Pulmonary embolism, Lung diseases

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