Your Health: May 3, 1999

GOOD NEWS

BETTER THAN A BIOPSY The FDA has approved a handheld imaging device that can help doctors decide whether to perform a biopsy when the results of a mammogram are ambiguous. The device, called T-Scan 2000, sends a tiny jolt of electricity to suspicious breast tissue; potentially malignant cells conduct electricity differently than normal cells do. T-Scan is not meant to replace a mammogram, but it may prevent some 200,000 unnecessary biopsies a year.

GOT MILK? Root-canal specialists say there's an easy way to help save a tooth that gets knocked out. Put it in a glass of milk. Milk...

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