*What doctors are reading this week and why it matters*

Dr. Cindy Haines reviews the literature on teen obesity, strength training and arthritis, the Mediterranean diet and oleic acid, getting physical and the benefits of cutting smoking and solid-fuel use.

Pulmonary embolism kills more people annually than breast cancer, vehicular accidents, and AIDS combined. This silent killer - a blood clot in the lung that usually begins with a clot in a leg vein - often results in a quick and unanticipated death. But quick action can save lives, and research here may lead to better treatments.

*What doctors are reading this week and why it matters*

Dr. Cindy Haines reviews the literature on flu detection and vaccination, a rise in car accident fatalities on presidential election days, the connection between fish and eczema and how exercize can help pregnant women quit smoking.

Paul Newman, screen legend, racing enthusiast, philanthropist extraordinaire and dedicated family man, died last week. The icon, an ex-smoker, had reportedly been battling lung cancer, although he had kicked the tobacco habit many years ago.

Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, after skin (men and women), prostate (men) and breast (women), and it remains the leading cause of cancer death amongst both men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Elevated levels of stress hormones can result in hormonal imbalances, increased risk of health conditions including heart disease, and also instigate a wide range of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia. And chronic stress leads to chronic inflammation and an even greater incidence of these afflictions.

*What doctors are reading this week and why it matters*

Dr. Cindy Haines reviews the literature on vitamin C and bone loss, bisphosphonate and ocular complication, bone death of the jaw, honey as help for sinusitis and how much effect just one workout can have.

"This is my sister Sue and she saved my life."

That's how Beth Hudson, a former preschool teacher, introduces her sister, Susan Bober. Because Bober discovered she carried the gene that increases a woman's risk for ovarian cancer, Hudson got tested. That led to the discovery that Hudson, like Bober, had ovarian cancer - in time for effective treatment. Part 2 of 2.

Finding a single test to screen for early detection of ovarian cancer has been cancer researchers' equivalent of the search for the Holy Grail.

Doctors use mammography to screen for breast cancer, the Pap smear for cervical cancer and PSA blood tests for prostate cancer. Ovarian cancer has had no equivalent screening test. Part 1 of 2.

*What doctors are reading this week and why it matters*

Dr. Cindy Haines reviews the literature on estrogen and younger skin, bile duct surgery errors, massage and cancer, Down syndrome predictors and the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle through middle age.