Target Ovarian Cancer, a UK charity group, surveyed 400 GPs (general practitioners) and 1,000 women about their knowledge of ovarian cancer. The results were not promising. Of the GPs polled, only 51% identified “increased abdominal size” as the “most important symptom” and a scant 2% identified “difficulty eating” or “feeling full” (other common symptoms). 93% of the GPs acknowledged that diagnosis is often delayed.

Great news via The Hill: Senator Ted Kennedy’s brain cancer is in remission. He’s expected to report back to work in the Senate after the Memorial Day break.

We hear so much about the undertreated in our health care system. But we have a serious problem with overtreatment as well, and this, too, is the result of trusting too much to the markets.