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Having survived the hazardous voyage, they are waiting to get a medical checkup and ID cards, a cold drink and a cigarette. Several of them have dog bites, which they say they got from dogs turned loose on them by the Cuban police...
Aside from prevention, early detection of cancer is the most effective way of fighting it. Last week, citing studies on the costs, risks and benefits of screening tests, as well as new information about how the disease develops, the American Cancer Society announced major changes in its cancer checkup recommendations to the public. Among them...
...Instead of a "periodic" (usually interpreted to mean once a year) general checkup for cancer, including physical examination of the breasts and pelvis, testicles and prostate, thyroid, lymph nodes, mouth and skin, the A.C.S. now suggests one every three years between ages 20 and 40, and annually thereafter...
...checkup in the womb...
...inform your readers that contrary to your correspondent's assertions, the Prime Minister did not take a day off from his governmental duties shortly before the Haifa summit with President Sadat; he was not driven to a "secluded laboratory" or to any other location for a physical checkup, and he has never met with a team of "three non-Israeli neurological experts." He could, therefore, never have been examined by them. In particular, the Prime Minister never met with a Dr. Jack Fein. Hence, no such team could have given any medical advice to the Prime Minister...