Downsides of American Approach to Medicine
10 Million Women Who Lack Cervices Still Get Pap Tests
As many as 10 million women who have had hysterectomies and who no longer have a cervix are still getting Pap tests, a new study finds.
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"We were actually quite surprised. [...]These women are being screened for cancer in an organ that they don't have."
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Dr. Noller said he tried to dissuade women who do not need Pap tests."I will present the facts to them," he said. "I will try to talk them out of it."
But, he said, "if they still insist, I would probably do it."
Meanwhile the Primary Category for this post is "Stupid Stuff".
Does the selection of the Primary Category have any affect on
what we see (not in my browser so far) ? And what are Pings ?
This Movable Type manual is complicated, but perhaps someone
has a short explanation.
Comments
Hahah, that entry certainly fits in the category "stupid stuff" ... ;)
There will eventually be archives-by-category, as soon as I figure out how to add them to the basic MT site. Probably not too hard to do, but I just have to get around to it. For now, if you have something that absolutely doesn't seem to fit in any of the other categories, feel free to create a new one. :)
As for pings, this is an explanation of trackback pings. The other pings you see notify blog collation services (blo.gs, technorati, &c) that we've updated. Doesn't get us much traffic, but it's the thought that counts. As indicated in the page on trackbacks, don't worry if they fail, they probably didn't actually fail. :)
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Posted by: Darwin | June 23, 2004 02:58 AM