March 15, 2010
Are Doctors Recommending Too Many Tests?
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WorldNews/doctors-recommending-tests/story?id=10078164
ABC News
Many who opt for angiograms, tests designed to detect the presence of heart disease, may be receiving the test unnecessarily, according to researchers. ...However, the methods for determining how invasive tests are ordered "are far from perfect," said Dr. Cam Patterson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was not involved in the study.
Health care bill splits N.C. lawmakers
http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/12/982475
The Fayetteville Observer
Two congressmen who represent the Fayetteville area and one North Carolina senator say they oppose the latest health care reform bill. ...Polls also show people are in favor of individual components of the plan. Those proposals include reducing premium costs, said Jonathan Oberlander, professor of social medicine and health policy and management at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Genital Herpes Hits Black Women Hardest
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/03/genital_herpes_infection_hold.html
NPR
Still, the fact that half of African-American women are infected, according to CDC, took us aback. We turned to Dr. Adaora Adimora, a professor at the University of North Carolina's Center for Infectious Diseases, who told Shots "the racial disparity for herpes is actually less than for HIV and other STDs."
In depression, getting victims tot treatment is the key (Editorial)
http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/14/982974
Fayetteville Observer
File this one under We Knew That: Wives of soldiers deployed into combat are more likely to suffer from depression than those whose husbands haven't deployed. Add the next reasonable conclusion to the file folder: The longer and more frequent the deployments, the greater the chance of depression in the spouse. The results of the recent University of North Carolina study are more evidence to pile atop what we already knew, through other data and anecdotal experience in this military community.
