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Pap smears to check for cervical cancer. chest x-rays before surgery. the study reminds doctors of one of medicines cardinal rules -- first, do no harm. medical testing is a good thing when you need it. but you have to ask some questions. what is the test for? if its being ordered, whats going to be done with the information? is there another way to get the information, like a good physical or better questions? we have a list of all 45 tests that have been overused at abcnews.com. check it out a...

Gingrich. thats the memo. top story tonight. rick santorum polling around 13% in florida. he is not campaigning there today. his daughter bella is in the hospital with numerous la. senator santorum has to care for her in addition to carrying on with his campaign. the senator joins from us st. louis. how is bella today, senator. >> she is much better. yesterday afternoon she really made a turn and the chest x-rays dramatically improved. i just want to thank everybody for their prayers and outpour...

Leaked?. >> he said containment building contained 99% of the radiation within that building. so numerous studies have been conducted over years and the most that he says anyone could have been exposed to would be equivalent to the amount of two chest x rays. >> two? >> that is what they came. >> geraldo: that is not much. are these guys lending expertise to the japanese? >> they have offered expertise to the nuclear energy institute. japan is now taking their help. >> geraldo: g joining us now ...

Leaked?. >> he said containment building contained 99% of the radiation within that building. so numerous studies have been conducted over years and the most that he says anyone could have been exposed to would be equivalent to the amount of two chest x rays. >> two? >> that is what they came. >> geraldo: that is not much. are these guys lending expertise to the japanese? >> they have offered expertise to the nuclear energy institute. japan is now taking their help. >> geraldo: g joining us now ...

Leaked?. >> he said containment building contained 99% of the radiation within that building. so numerous studies have been conducted over years and the most that he says anyone could have been exposed to would be equivalent to the amount of two chest x rays. >> two? >> that is what they came. >> geraldo: that is not much. are these guys lending expertise to the japanese? >> they have offered expertise to the nuclear energy institute. japan is now taking their help. >> geraldo: g joining us now ...

Down on a timetable. >> ed henry, thanks very much. fredricka, of course in the united states there is afghanistan, there is still a presence in iraq. the united states perhaps with a smaller appetite than a country like france for direct military involvement in another country. >> and this one, another muslim country, and that too has its own ramifications and thats why the u.s. is in large part trying to be cautious but that it is militarily involved. of course well send yet a different messag...

Radiation poisoning. >> its not me. im citing a stunning number of physicists and from the "new york times," the "times" of london, there is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer. the "new york times" science section for example a few years ago reported on a study from canada where all these women who had had tuberculosis got an inordinate number of chest...

Radiation poisoning. >> its not me. im citing a stunning number of physicists and from the "new york times," the "times" of london, there is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer. the "new york times" science section for example a few years ago reported on a study from canada where all these women who had had tuberculosis got an inordinate number of chest...

Radiation poisoning. >> its not me. im citing a stunning number of physicists and from the "new york times," the "times" of london, there is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer. the "new york times" science section for example a few years ago reported on a study from canada where all these women who had had tuberculosis got an inordinate number of chest...

Rods covered in water and managing that heat. and, you know, if you can get the reactor situation stabilized, then that might free up some, you know, attention and resources to focus on the other problem. the challenge here is youre dealing with all of these problems all at the same time. >> sure. and according to the iaea, these guys who are down there encountering these levels of radiation that is about equivalent to getting 2,000 chest x-rays per hour, obviously it will be naive to think thes...