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Re: damn, someone was SHOT in my apartment complex last night

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From: Rhiannon
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:15
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Charles wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:45:03 -0400, "Rhiannon" <rhianon_@rogers.com>
> wrote:
>
>> cal wrote:
>>> On 08/04/09 1:02 PM, in article h59pjm$3k4$1@news.datemas.de,
>>> "Rhiannon" <rhianon_@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> cal wrote:
>>>>> On 08/04/09 3:04 AM, in article
>>>>
>>>>> here too. back in the 80s we could go to the doctor and get a wart
>>>>> removed for nothing. now it falls under cosmetic procedure and we
>>>>> pay out of pocket.
>>>>
>>>> Self-limiting viral lesions for which treatment is not medically
>>>> necessary and for which OTC treatments are available.  It covers
>>>> all the others.
>>>>
>>>>> eye exams are no longer covered except for people with
>>>>> eye-threatening conditions. annoyingly, the PSA blood test, widely
>>>>> used as an early detection tool for prostatic cancer, isn't
>>>>> covered. the fee is currently $30 and edging upward like
>>>>> everything else. (odd how nothing ever edges down.)
>>>>
>>>> Actually, that changed.
>>>> http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/01/07/7940591-sun.html
>>>
>>> wow, so it did. starting last january.
>>
>> And rightly so.
>
> Why?  From what I've read recently the test causes more needless alarm
> that it actual good.

No more than the female papsmear does and that has been a routine 
preventative measure for several decades.  The thinking is a little needless 
alarm is not likely to kill anyone, but undetected prostate cancer will.

--
Rhi 
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From: "Rhiannon" <rhianon_@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: damn, someone was SHOT in my apartment complex last night
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:15:36 -0400
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