http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Commercial funding of continuing medical education (CME) and the potential for bias appear to concern many health care practitioners and researchers, but many reported being unwilling to pay higher fees to eliminate or offset commercial funding sources, according to a report in the May 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-health-professionals-bias-commercially-funded.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 17:06:05 EST news224179532 A new study of U.S. veterans ages 70 and older finds that the healthiest get the most benefit from current colon cancer screening methods. However, for many less healthy veterans the burdens of screening may outweigh the benefits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-blood-colon-cancer-screening-beneficial.html Cancer Mon, 09 May 2011 17:00:01 EST news224177471 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), meant to improve detection of life-threatening pulmonary embolisms (PE), has led to over-diagnosis and over treatment of this condition. These findings, which appear in May 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. may continue to grow worse as the as the use of CT scans continue to rise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-evidence-over-diagnosis-pulmonary-embolisms-result.html Cancer Mon, 09 May 2011 16:40:04 EST news224177189