747 Health News Update

When an official with the American Cancer Society suggested recently that we expect too much from some screening tests, such as those for breast or prostate cancer, he got a lot of pushback. We get more insight on the utility of these tests from Nortin Hadler, MD.
Vitamin D levels are surprisingly low in children. What’s responsible for this serious vitamin shortfall and what can be done about it?
We take your questions about prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements and home remedies.
Guests:
Nortin Hadler, MD, MACP, FACR, FACOEM, is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His books include Stabbed in the BACK: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America, and The Last Well Person:How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System. The photo is of Dr. Hadler
Jonathan Mansbach, MD, is a staff physician at Children’s Hospital Boston, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.