The July issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/. This issue of NIH News in Health contains:

• Medical Imaging: Changing Health Care, Saving Lives
  If you or someone you know has had a mammogram to check for breast cancer, an X-ray to detect a broken bone, or an ultrasound to examine an internal organ, then you’ve seen the benefits of medical imaging firsthand.

• Are Your Wrists at Risk?: Learn About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  You’re working at your desk, but you’re distracted by a tingling or numbness in your hand and wrist. Then a sharp, piercing pain shoots from your palm through your arm. If you’ve had symptoms like these for several days-or worse, weeks-or if they keep you up at night, you may have carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Health Capsules:
  • Social Ties Affect Smoking Behavior
  • Eating Well as You Get Older
  • Featured Web Site: Time to Talk

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