Here’s a rundown of last week’s #healthnewsgems, including stories on cancer screening, Oklahoma’s health care system and an unhealthy dose of fraud and abuse. Let me know what you think and please feel free to nominate health stories worthy of recognition.

Disease-mongering du jour: heart disease in young women. Red competing with pink? By @garyschwitzer ow.ly/6SOQp

To screen or not to screen: The prostate cancer dilemma, by @DrLen wp.me/pRi4y-bT

Medicare Thief Lobbied Congress to Preserve Gov Funding, U.S. Says @BloombergNow bloom.bg/pRMeOl

Can Cancer Ever Be Ignored?, by @shannonbrownlee and Jeanne Lenzer nyti.ms/qPUtDW via @garyschwitzer and others

Worker at South Pole Station Pushes for a Rescue After a Stroke by @nytimes ow.ly/6SOGG via @stevesilberman

Family of a woman who died after a medical error joins hospital’s safety panel, by @deborahlshelton trib.in/pZWMqk

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests, by @iWatch ow.ly/6SN7c

Insight: Nobel winner’s last big experiment: Himself, by @reuters. ow.ly/6SMYC via @mullinjuliette

How Doctors Could Rescue Health Care by Arnold Relman. ow.ly/6SNgq via @kentbottles

Access Denied: Oklahoma’s Health Care Crisis, a series by @smuchmore bit.ly/nAXySp via @sarahkliff

Connecticut doctor solicited money from patients for his private companies, by @ConnHealthITeam bit.ly/rcwVx2

Schools Dangle Carrot Snacks, but It’s a Tough Sale, by @nytimes nyti.ms/niAxDs

Slap: Help Me Track Attempts to Silence Health Reporters and Whistleblowers, by @wheisel ow.ly/6SEbE

And finally, a funny one, if only it were true: FDA approves sales of prescription placebo, by @theonion http://onion.com/nor9YT