Starting Monday, U.S. Customs agents no longer will seize Canadian prescription drugs mailed to Americans, federal officials announced. The drug imports are still illegal but customs will let them through.

According to the Mineapolis Star Tribune, “The Department of Homeland Security, which operates Customs, told members of Congress in e-mails Monday that it will stop seizing Canadian drugs and instead will conduct random sampling to identify those that are counterfeit or unsafe.”
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Dutch medical researchers say that long-term quality of life among prostate cancer survivors in their country varies by treatment and in one respect, mental health, is better than for men in the same age bracket who have never been treated for prostate cancer.

Long-term prostate cancer survivors 5 to 10 years after diagnosis reported comparable overall health related quality of life but showed worse general health perceptions yet better mental health scores than age-matched men in the general population.
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