Men in their 80’s should be asking the doctor to cross one test off the list during their annual physical. A new study says there’s no good reason to be testing for prostate cancer at that age, because the disease is so slow to develop that’s it’s unlikely to kill a man who’s in his 80’s. Testing can lead to biopsies and treatments that are painful and can have unwelcome side effects. Source Link
Dogs may be man’s best friend, but cats and birds? That’s another matter. A new study shows that cats kill about half of all birds that die from predator attacks. That’s a thousand times more birds killed by cats than man-made hazards like wind turbines. It’s estimated that half a billion birds are killed each year by pet cats or feral felines. Source Link
Expect a “dogfight” in Houston tonight as the NCAA Men’s basketball championship comes down to a battle between the Bulldogs of Butler and the Huskies of Connecticut. Butler returns to the national championship game for the second year in a row after defeating Virginia Commonwealth, while Connecticut squeaked by Kentucky to make it to the final game of the season. Source Link
