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A hospital exam room is seen in Alabama on Thursday, July 30, 2015. A large Swedish study, published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in JAMA Psychiatry, has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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In hypochondria paradox, Swedish study finds a higher death rate in those who fear serious illness
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Wed,12/13/23-10:17AM , 43 Reads
A large Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns.
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Carole Stovall, a participant in the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, poses for a portrait in her office in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. “We all need a mammogram anyway, so why not do it with a study that allows the scientists to understand more and move closer to finding better treatments and ways of maybe even preventing it?” Stovall says. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Tue,10/17/23-8:10AM , 48 Reads
Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers?

A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Black women who face disparities in breast cancer death rates — to try to find out.
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FILE- This image from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, shows a Rochester police officer as he puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y., March 23, 2020. Prude died after police held him down until he stopped breathing after encountering him running naked through the snowy streets of Rochester, NY. On Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, a leading doctors group has formally withdrawn its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP, File)

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A doctors group calls its 'excited delirium' paper outdated and withdraws its approval
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Thu,10/12/23-3:08PM , 41 Reads
A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police.
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A sign announcing a face mask requirement is displayed at a hospital in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. COVID-19 hospital admissions are inching upward in the United States since early July 2023. It's a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Tue,08/08/23-1:49PM , 68 Reads
Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers.
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