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Health News articles from October 1991
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Health News archives from October 1991
Take charge of your health: use medical check-ups wisely.
October 1, 1991... The traditional medical check-up, as practised in the past few decades, was very extensive and reassured healthy people that they weren't sick or about to die. In a typical physical exam the physical took the pulse, temperature and blood...
Keeping tabs on prostrate cancer.
October 1, 1991... Prostate cancer is very common among West European and North American men (slightly less so among Jews and Orietals). The risks increase with advancing years, especially after age 50. Prostate cancer currently affects eight per cent of...
New video-directed gallbladder surgery.
October 1, 1991... A normally functioning gallbladder stores bile (digestive juice) produced by the liver. After eating a meal, the pear-shaped gallbladder contracts to move the bile through the common bile duct into the small intestine where it mixes with food...