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Aetna, Cigna balk as Angelina effect spurs genetic cancer testing

The insurers say that the tests are unproven and may lead patients to seek out medical care they don’t need. While they acknowledge that multi-gene tests produce data that may not be useful from a diagnostic standpoint, they say that by refusing or delaying coverage, insurance companies are endangering patients who could be undergoing screenings or changing their diets if they knew about the possible risks.

Hiroshima survivors: haunted 70 years on, determined to remember

By Kiyoshi Takenaka HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Hiroshi Harada remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago, as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bomb. Then it was very hard to pull my leg out … To escape, I had no choice,” said Harada, the 75-year-old former head of an atomic bomb museum. “But Hiroshima needs to

Hundreds protest against pollution from south China coal plant

Hundreds of people in China’s southern Guangdong province protested against the expansion of a coal-fired power plant on Sunday, state media reported, the latest sign of public discontent over pollution. Residents had complained of smog in Heyuan city since the power plant there began operations in 2008, and officials recently approved a second phase for the project, the official Xinhua news agency reported.