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...Jersey, sponsors free prostate screenings all over the U.S. An estimated half a million American men will allow themselves to be poked, prodded and bled in hopes of being reassured of their good health or of spotting trouble before it gets serious. In addition to the rectal exam, men can undergo a new blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen. If present in large quantities, PSA may signal malignancy. The goal is to detect cancer while it is still confined to the prostate and therefore more likely to be curable. Men can call the American...
...prostate examination. Routinely recommended for those 50 and over, the procedure calls for a physician to insert a gloved finger into the rectum to probe the chestnut-size prostate gland, which is near the bladder and produces some of the fluids in semen. But however uncomfortable and embarrassing the exam may be, it could be a lifesaver. The rate of prostate cancer in the U.S. has been steadily rising over the past several years. It strikes 1 in 11 American males and kills more than 30,000 annually. Prostate cancer ranks second only to lung cancer as the most deadly...
David goes on the steal both the quarter back position from Charles Dillon (Matt Damon) and his girlfriend. The final confrontation between David and Dillon erupts over cheating on a history exam. It is up to the honor code and the honor of his peers to save...
...show served as the final exam for the class, according to Paul Earls, and MIT professor who teaches the summer school course...
...week, first-years will have to spend themorning acing or bombing the notoriousQuantitative Reasoning Requirement Data Test.Students arrive to their assigned testinglocation, QRR Study Guides in hand, and get readyto embark on the long journey to "20," which isthe minimum score for passing the exam. Byachieving this feat, first-years avoid the nasty"QRA" course and are liberated from bell curvesand pie charts forever. Unless they're intostatistics, or are regular readers of USA Today...