Health - News April 27, 2011

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Republican leaders signal breaks with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker over budget plan (The News-Record)
Republican leaders of the Legislature's budget-writing committee indicated Tuesday that they will break with Gov.

Asbestos, Japan tsunami's other hidden danger (The Boston Globe)
Inside the chunks of slate and wallboard smashed and scattered by Japan's tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by contamination from a leaking nuclear plant: the odorless and nearly invisible threat of asbestos.

Blood test call over ovarian cancer (Hampshire Chronicle)
Family doctors are being urged to carry out blood tests on women suspected of having ovarian cancer in an effort to improve survival rates for the disease dubbed the "silent killer". Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women with around 6,800 women diagnosed with the disease every year in the UK.

NY composer Peter Lieberson dies in Israel at 64 (Living Here - Sacramento Living - Sac...)
American composer Peter Lieberson, who wrote his most inspired songs for his great love, the late mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, has died at age 64.

GOP Lawmakers Face Angry, Confused Constituents on Cuts (KABC-AM Los Angeles)
The backlash that some Republican members of Congress are facing in town hall meetings over their 2012 budget proposal rings a familiar bell.

Cayenne Pepper Curbs Appetite (hivehealthmedia)
Purdue University researchers have found that only 1/2 A teaspoon of cayenne pepper is required to reduce hunger and increase energy expenditure - aka burn calories .

Ovaries After Hysterectomy - Keep Or Lose? (WFTV)
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that removing the ovaries during a hysterectomy is not bad for the heart, contrary to what other studies have found.

Blacks More Likely To Spend With Death Looming (WFTV)
Imagine you're in the hospital with cancer. Would you rather spend everything you have to potentially live longer, or just forgo the costly medical treatment? Your answer to that question might be influenced by your race.

FDA warns doctor: Stop touting camera as disease screening tool (Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV)
On Dr. Joseph Mercola's popular website, women are warned against getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer.

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