Getting yearly physicals makes intuitive sense

Others worry that the average consumer is not yet ready to

fuel the next round of growth. “China is still at an

investment-led stage of growth,” argues Yin Xingmin, the

deputy director of the China Center for Economic Studies at

Shanghai’s Fudan University.” The country has a per capita

GDP of $5000 — based on the experience in other countries,

until GDP reaches $15,000 China can only rely on investment-

led growth.”

After a gridlocked Golden Week, many questioned whether the

country’s infrastructure is ready to shoulder the happy

burden of leisure spending. Gu Bo, a Beijing-based marketing

executive, planned a family trip to the famous communist

stronghold of Lu Shan. But after seeing stories of the crowds

thronging to the region, she decided to change her plans. “I

saw on TV there were loads of people there” she said. “I

don’t want to be trampled to death, so I returned the train

tickets and cancelled the trip.”

Getting yearly physicals makes intuitive sense—routine

checkups can pick up early signs of disease and get you on

treatment that could save your life. Or can they?
But the latest review, published in the Cochrane Library from

the The Cochrane Collaboration shows that such vigilance do

not reduce the risk of dying from from serious illness like

cancer and heart disease, and may cause unnecessary harm

instead.

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Why? Danish researchers studied 14 long-term trials (with a

median follow up of nine years) involving 182,880 people,

some of whom were offered general health checks and some who

were not. Nine of the trials found no differences in the

number of deaths during the study period between the groups,

including deaths from heart disease or cancer, two conditions

that are most commonly assessed during checkups. Overall, the

analysis failed to find any differences on hospital

admissions, disability, worry, specialist referrals,

additional visits to doctors or time off work. One trial did

find a 20% increase in diagnoses among those getting more

frequent health checks, and others recorded an increase in

the number of participants using drugs for hypertension, but

these did not translate into better health outcomes.

(MORE: Why People Stick with Cancer Screening, Even When It

Causes Harm)


Asian stocks edged up in the early

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Telecom stocks dropped after the Telecom Commission yesterday
recommended that all spectrum given to operators in the 900-
MHz band should be refarmed to the 1,800-MHz band at the time
of renewal of licences, beginning 2014.
The BSE 30-stock index, Sensex, resumed higher at 18,653.60
and moved up further to 18,667.02 on the back of higher Asian
cues.
declined afterwards to a low of 18,588.02, before quoting
18,592.70 at 1025 hrs.
It showed a nominal loss of 18.07 points or 0.10 per cent
from its last close.
The NSE 50-share Nifty also eased by 6 points or 0.11 per
cent to 5,654.25.
Major losers were Bharti Airtel (2.24 pc), Jindal Steel (1.78
pc), Sunpharma (0.92 pc), Wipro (0.75 pc) and Reliance
Industries (0.74 pc).
However, Tata Power firmed up by 2.12 pc, Bajaj Auto 0.64 per
cent, Dr Reddy 0.59 per cent and Tata Motors 0.59 per cent.
Asian stocks edged up in the early trade after the latest
data showed growth rate in China's industrial production and
retail sales accelerated in September 2012.
Key indices in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore
and South Korea were up.India announced the launch of a new
education resourcing programme, Microsoft Ed-vantage, in
response to strong feedback received from academic
institutions in India.

if not sufficient

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