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Reason is because it's not a very sensitive test. we understand that. but most of the confusion that's going on right now is based on two studies. one is the american study. one is a european study and there are a lot of flaws in these studies. meaning that they -- the u.s. task force make this announcement a little prematurely. most of these studies are 9 years old and we don't have enough data. if you look at some of the better studies like the study from sweden, that has 14 years study, you can see the screening group vs. control that the curves start to split and there is a benefit with ps...

defended a controversial $535 million government loan to a california solar panel company that eventually went belly up. the solyndra drama continues. >> reporter: continues, and will for some time. the president when asked about that, jonathan silver, the man who has been heading up the loan program, which, of course, is the controversial part of this program, because of a guaranteed loan that was given to that solar panel company that president obama visited, and that went belly up in august, that's really what all of this stems around. well, he has resigned, and to listen to the d...

In more you realized psa screening over the last 20 years as saved many lives. this was a study done in sweden and looks at a group of patients and the first there was no psa done only prostate exam and we know is not very accurate. and there are short studies, and we know is na knowing your psa is extremely important and what you want to have and what you do with it and how you follow it is critical. and not every element is biopsy and not every one needs treatment. you have to individualize the car and look at the patients and data and then make the decision. we've learned over the last deca...

The family risk. check baseline at 40 and then-- >> check it early. >> early detection saves lives and that's been a big debate in the medical community and the urologists and that's when the patients get confused. make sure to get your psa, and talk to your doctor about your family history. talk about the speed velocity that the psa goes up and psa screening absolutely helps. >> kelly: when we hear studies like this and you address it up. let's reiterate that. this should not pre sent people from getting testing. does this study do that? >> the type of message is not to walk away from any kin...

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