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1. PSA Screening Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be. Quality-of-life benefits from prostate cancer screening fell short of estimates among men who participated in a large European study of PSA-based prostate cancer screening.
2. Does CRP Protect Families from Dementia? Healthy aging — and cognitive health in particular — may run in families and may be linked to high levels of an important marker for cardiovascular disease.
3. Young Drinking Tied to Drinking Problems Later. Students who started drinking and getting drunk at an early age were more likely to engage in frequent heavy drinking and associated problems by senior year of college.
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