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3.8 million women in traditional Medicare have gotten a free mammogram

Thanks to the health reform law, the Affordable Care Act, most private health plans and Medicare now cover women’s preventive health care – such as mammograms and screenings for cervical cancer –with no co-pays or other out-of-pocket costs. This means that women can get services they need to detect or prevent breast cancer before it spreads or becomes fatal, without worrying that they’ll have to pay for these services out of their own pockets.  This year to date, 3.8 million women in traditional Medicare have gotten a free mammogram.

Breast cancer remains one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among American women and despite remarkable advances in treatment and prevention, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death.

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Smart Glass Becomes More Or Less Transparent Depending On The Weather

Windows that automatically change color to reduce heating and cooling bills are the next step of smart buildings. South Korean scientists just got a lot closer to automating them.

About a third of the energy consumed by buildings goes out the window. So efforts to reduce energy use in homes and offices have naturally focused on windows, with varying success. While there are all kinds of smart glass--from electrochromic to suspended particle displays--many are expensive, degrade after relatively short periods, or present environmental problems during manufacturing processes.

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