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• Poll: 76% women DISAGREE with mammogram guidelines

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 489
  November 24, 2009USA TODAY GALLUP Poll (+/- 4)What is your opinion of the new mammogram guidelines?Strongly agree 5%Agree 17%Disagree 29%Strongly Disagree 47%No opinion 2% 
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• Early detection decreases death rate from breast cancer

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  The recent brouhaha created by the ill timed, ill worded, ill phrased (or is it just ill) report from the USPSTF (US Preventative Services Task Force) has stirred the pot to be sure.  We support individualized treatment of patients.  We applaud the tailoring of medical testing and procedures to individual needs and ...
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• H1N1 Blogger Briefing With Anne Schuchat & Friends

  
  Better Health — Authority: 574
  The Department of Health and Human Services held a blogger-targeted webcast about the H1N1 flu today in Washington, DC. Although Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had planned to co-lead the event, she was called to the White House for some healthcare reform deliberations - who knows when she’ll get out? (She promises to ...
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• Sebelius releases new report: health insurance reform and Pennsylvania – the case for change

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 603
  HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of a new report highlighting the benefits of health insurance reform for Pennsylvania. Health Insurance Reform and Pennsylvania: The Case for Change is available now at http://www.healthreform.gov/ . “Families, seniors and businesses are all suffering ...
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• HHS Hosts Online Conference For Bloggers Today 3:30 ET

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  Got questions about H1N1? Vaccine? New mutations? Go here and get some answers. November 23rd 3:30 PM EST H1N1 Briefing for Bloggers and Their Readers Join the live Webcast to learn detailed information about influenza prevention and treatment, warning signs for parents, anti-viral medications, and ...
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• CMS looks to EHR data to combat waste and fraud

  
  News — Authority: 128
  CMS is looking at EHR reporting as a way to help the embattled agency weed out payment inefficiencies and combat rampant Medicare and Medicaid fraud. "We hope to be able to use data available through the use of new electronic health record reporting that can help in the design of new and innovative approaches to ...
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• HIPAA violations get more expensive

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 133
  The feds recently published new regs that add some teeth to HIPAA’s health information privacy rules. The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act significantly increases the penalties the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can level against employers and health care ...
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• Live H1N1 Briefing for Bloggers and Our Readers Today

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 529
  Join the live Webcast to learn detailed information about influenza prevention and treatment, warning signs for parents, anti-viral medications, and vaccinations. A question and answer session will provide the opportunity to engage directly with leading communication and public health experts, including: Kathleen ...
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• HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Pamela H...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Pamela Hyde as Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within HHS.
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• Headline Commentary Nov 9-22

  
  Health Content Advisors — Authority: 107
  »  Linda Peitzman, CMO of Wolters Kluwer Health, on Practicing EBM with Order Sets Very good article by Linda Peitzman, MD, CMO (Medical) of Wolters Kluwer Health on benefits of order sets. Article provides some detail on how to implement order sets to ensure everyone receives latest most current version. Note, ...
  2 days ago

• Todays vote in the Senate - Slavery?

  
  MAXINE — Authority: 115
  The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force announced Nov. 16, 2009, that it now recommends against annual mammograms for women 40 to 49 because the potential harms of routine screening in this age group outweigh the benefits. These downsides include radiation exposure, cost and the trauma of false positives. Many doctors ...
  3 days ago

• Boobs in Health Care Debate

  
  Ask Miss A — Authority: 430
  I really do try to be bipartisan and not use my reach to over 40,000 unique readers for political purposes, but felt compelled to write about this issue. I had my first mammogram last year. My aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer in her thirties so my physician thought it best for me to have  [...]
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• Wasserman Schultz: New Mammogram Guidelines ‘Causing Mass Confusion’

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 157
  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), a breast-cancer survivor, has been busy on the news shows this week, attacking the new guideline that women seek routine mammograms later in life. Last night, she was at it again, telling MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that it’s “totally inappropriate” for a panel without ...
  4 days ago

• New Mammogram Guidelines: A Tempest in a Teapot?

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 133
  All week Ive been hearing from women--and a few men--who are angry about the new mammogram guidelines put out by a government panel.  Then today I see a story which seems to say, "Never mind, everyone, just go back to what you were doing." HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a statement in which she said: "... ...
  5 days ago

• The Mammogram Panic, or, False Positives Are No Picnic

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 660
  Inhale through your nose (be sure your abdomen moves, not just your chest). Exhale through your mouth. Slowly, now … OK, let’s talk about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation that women begin getting mammograms at age 50 instead of 40,…
  5 days ago

• HHS Task Force Mammogram Recs Slammed

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 440
  Cancer doc (left) tops bureaucrat (right) on cancer recs ( WUSA ). HHS Head Sibelius Says, Ignore Panel, Get Checked Michael Collins read more
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• Press Release of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

  
  OPNTALK — Authority: 134
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 Secretary Sebelius Statement on New Breast Cancer Recommendations HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...
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• Secy Sebelius re: mammogram recommendations (video)

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 489
  November 19, 2009Secretary Sebelius is put on the spot by Ann Curry about the new USPSTF recommendations.Sebelius written statement – HHS not changing policies.
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• Secy Sebelius re: mammograms: “our policies remain unchanged “

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 489
  November 18, 2009Secy Sebelius & Ann Curry (video)HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius put out a statement today to counteract the nuts at the Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), who decided less screening is better preventative medicine for women age 40-49.USPSTF recommendationsCost-benefit analysis. How many ...
  5 days ago

• Mammogram Madness

  
  The Democratic Daily — Authority: 406
  There’s been a lot of controversy in the past couple of days over the release of a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about the age women should start getting mammograms. The panel’s new recommendations represent a significant departure from existing guidelines, and have caused ...
  6 days ago

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