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And bring it on, whatever they have. but this study says the common tests and treatments we get may not be necessary. this surprising. >> it is and its not. its a continuation of what we talked about a year ago. under the auspices of internal medicine foundation, they decided is 135 tests and procedures may not be necessary. the list is long, no antibiotic for sinusitis. no c-section before 39 weeks. it goes on. no body scan because of radiation. we dont need to get into the tests. of course wha...

Doctors think patients get too much care. is that true? and if so, why? dr. ernest paddy. your titles are a page and a half long. good morning to both of you. doctor, too much care in your view? >> basically whats happening is the doctors surveyed found 83% of them believed that their care was dependent upon what we call defensive medicine. they were ordering tests and doing tests to prevent problems like malpractice. that leads to a serious problem because it costs us billions of dollars. bill:...

Its not getting any easier for toyota. its ordering tests on every suv model to make sure that theyre stable. toyota is taking a step after a "consumer reports" warning about rollover dangers with the lexus gx 460. reaching for the stars. how many kids do you know that wanted to grow up to be astronauts. first there was gemini, then apollo and today the space shuttle. tomorrow? thats what were talking about now and president obama is planning for the future of space exploration, but thousands ...