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• Pelvic exams often unnecessary, study says

  Thu Dec 15, 2011
  • All of you have a point - yes, there is a temptation to over- exam, over-test, over-diagnose, over-treat...but please be aware, that the legal climate in the U.S. has lead to a lot of this.

• Agency cancels $535 fine for woodpecker savior's mom

  Tue Aug 2, 2011
  • Obviously, an authority trip for some power-hungry low-level "official"...so very, very tired of these people.....

• Casey Anthony found not guilty of murdering daughter

  Tue Jul 5, 2011
  • I haven't read all 600+ comments so I apologize if I am beating a dead horse...but it looks to me like you can get away with murder just by making sure that enough time passes that the cause of death can't be positively established.

• Some Volt dealers take tax credit for themselves

  Thu Jun 2, 2011
  • You need to have your head examined if you are buying this car. The Leaf is much better, though if you travel you'll need a traditional gas-powered car or a hybrid. GM doesn't have a good track record with new technologies and this won't be any different.

• Mom's case raises questions of school equality

  Thu Apr 28, 2011
  • So it looks like all the talk about breaking the cycle of poverty, crime, hopelessness is really just talk. At least she HAS the foresight to try to get a good education for her child; many parents in similar situations do not.

• Health law could affect fertility treatment coverage

  Wed Jan 26, 2011
  • the fact is, if adoption were easier, more couples would adopt rather than negotiating complex and expensive treatment with no guarantees of success.

• You're obsessed with Facebook. Here's proof

  Fri Jan 14, 2011
  • Rapidly beginning to believe I may be the only person in the world not on Facebook. I like to think I am doing more important things with my life. Just not enough time.

• U.S. cancer costs could hit $207 billion by 2020

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  •  A fair amount of money is gobbled up by understandably desperate patients who will do anything to live longer - including very expensive treatments will don't work or only prolong life by a very short period of time.

• Which airline fee upsets you most?

  Wed Sep 8, 2010
  • Vote with your feet, people. I now no longer fly if I can drive in 6 hours or less.

• Drugmakers script social media to push meds

  Sat Sep 4, 2010
  • What medications need - and what someone needs it for - is a conversation that should be entirely between a patient and their doctor. Americans are too medication dependent and this certainly only makes it worse.