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...change in Pap testing does not represent as monumental a shift as the USPSTF's new advice on mammography, since Pap testing of adolescents, while recommended, has not become as entrenched as mammography as a preventive tool. Still, both new sets of cancer screening guidelines exemplify an effort by leading medical organizations to base their advice on scientific data, rather than an assumption that more screening always leads to better prevention. "Physicians have a hard time letting go of screening tests that make them feel comfortable," says Dr. Karen Soren, director of adolescent medicine at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley...
...quite pervasive on “Battle Studies,” signaling a new direction for the popular singer-songwriter. On earlier releases, Mayer sounds confused but contented, extolling the virtues of young adulthood while simultaneously wallowing in the pitfalls of a quarter-life crisis. On his newest effort, Mayer sounds far more heartsick and forlorn than in his earlier career; however, he spins his grief into melodic gold, putting forth excellent songwriting and poignant lyrics that result in his best album since his 2001 debut “Room for Squares...
...vote seemingly bereft of partisanship. Perhaps the measure had taken them so much by surprise that senators hadn’t entirely accounted for the political ramifications of a bill that clearly enjoyed their visceral support. In any event, intense industry pressure convinced lawmakers to abandon the effort and left them trying to explain that, while they favored lower rates, they weren’t sure that caps were the way to accomplish that...
According to Nuni, only $5,025 has been raised to date. Seven-hundred dollars of that sum was raised over the summer by the Undergraduate Council, which turned over the controversial effort to create the center to the SCCF...
...Conflict Management, says that the high level of corruption and inefficiency in the state security apparatus cancels out whatever inroads the school has made. "Only a fraction of those that go through the college's training are later used for what they are being trained for, so the effort is often for naught," Sahni laments, comparing the police commandos to students trained in neurosurgery who go on to become store clerks. Only half of the college's graduates from Chhattisgarh are deployed in areas with substantial Maoist activity and, according to Sahni, police corruption and grasping politicians are to blame...