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Reuters - Experts generally recommend against routinely using PSA blood tests to screen elderly men for prostate cancer, but using a strict age cutoff for when to stop screening may not be the best route either, a new study suggests.

Reuters - Chinese officials have sought to contain public outrage after workers at a hospital dumped 21 dead fetuses and infants’ bodies near a river bank.

AFP - Asia’s healthcare systems are straining under the weight of lifestyle ailments linked to rising affluence while confronting new and old infectious diseases like bird flu and tuberculosis.

Reuters - India is ready to launch a formal dispute against the European Union at the World Trade Organization over EU seizures of Indian generic drugs, the Indian Trade Secretary said on Wednesday.

AFP - The sweeping reform of the US health-care system could exact a high price on some businesses and deprive two million Americans of health insurance, industry and union leaders say.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — A healthy body image — the feeling one has
about the body’s size and shape — is key to a person’s physical and
emotional well-being.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Sciatica pain occurs when a protruding
(herniated) spinal disk pushes against the sciatic nerve.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — About one in 40 people
might have a special skill: They can drive safely — at least in a driving
simulator — while talking on a cell phone and dealing with complex
problems.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — In a hospital in Seattle,
a doctor overly involved with a patient attempted to worsen that patient’s
condition so she could go higher on the list of people eligible for an
organ transplant.

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay: