Raw eggs and all: What you need to know
“You can’t own a restaurant and call yourself a chef if you’re using mayonnaise out of a bottle,” —Charles Reeves, chef and owner of Penny Cluse Cafe
By JIM ROMANOFF
For The Associated Press
      Peanut butter recalls. Spinach scares. Contaminated meat. Is it any wonder Americans are jittery about their food? So much so that when The Associated Press recently ran a recipe for traditional spaghetti carbonara — complete with its only barely cooked egg — e-mails poured in. Had we forgotten the step in the recipe about cooking the egg?
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NPH and dementia
      DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife, 78, has had headaches, some memory problems and confusion. A brain scan showed hydrocephalus. We were referred to a neurosurgeon, and he ordered an infusion study. We have waited six weeks for that appointment. At an earlier appointment, we met someone who had had the infusion study and then had a shunt placed. He said he got his life back.
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More doubt on prostate tests
By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
      ATLANTA Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Exchanges Key to Diabetes Management
      Most people with diabetes work closely with their care team to create a meal plan that helps guide them in selecting the right kinds of food in the proper amounts. But knowing how those foods affect your body is an important part of controlling blood sugar levels.
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Autism diagnosis plan angers “Aspies’’
By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
      CHICAGO In the autism world, people with Asperger’s syndrome are sometimes seen as the elites, the ones who are socially awkward, yet academically gifted and who embrace their quirkiness.
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