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• Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Breast Cancer Screening

  
  Explore Plastic Surgery — Authority: 129
  Breast cancer continues to be a major health issue for women, averaging just under 200,000 new cases per year. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. From a plastic surgery standpoint, cosmetic breast surgery cases well exceed this number with over 500,000 procedures being performed per ...
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• Breast cancer advice changed amid concern over unnecessary surgery

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Government advice about breast cancer screening has had to be changed after it was discovered thousands of women have undergone unnecessary surgery.
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• Tips to Make Your Mammogram Experience a Positive One

  
  Moms Buzz Tips for Busy Moms — Authority: 424
  When going to get your mammogram , consider these tips to make your mammogram experience a positive one, especially, if this will be your first time: Before your appointment, get a presription form from your referring physician and remember to bring it with you. If possible, choose a facility that specializes ...
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• Sebelius Releases New Report on Benefits of Health Insurance Reform for Women with Breast Cancer

  
  Insurance Top News — Authority: 106
  As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast cancer and ...
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• Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening Questioned

  
  The Assertive Cancer Patient — Authority: 429
  Well, heres one that is going to upset Komens apple cart, with that organizations constant push for "early detection" through screening.  Apparently, even though more cancers--both breast cancer and prostate cancer--are being caught early because of increased use of mammograms and PSA tests, that has not resulted in ...
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• NY Times, others: Dust-up over cancer screening stories

  
  Knight Science Journalism Tracker — Authority: 564
  “We don’t want people to panic,” Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the cancer society, tells Gina Kolata of The New York Times in a front-page story. “But I’m admitting that American medicine has overpromised when it comes to screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated.” ...
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• Modern Breast Cancer Screening Now Available to Low-Income Women

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 438
  SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Governor Signs Assemblymember Nava’s AB 359. Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) announced today that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed his legislation to increase access to modern breast cancer screening. “Today is a new day for all women in California. I want to ...
  4 weeks ago

• Modern Breast Cancer Screening Now Available to Low-Income Women

  
  California Newswire — Authority: 528
  SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Governor Signs Assemblymember Nava’s AB 359. Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) announced today that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed his legislation to increase access to modern breast cancer screening. “Today is a new day for all women in California. I want to ...
  4 weeks ago

• It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  
  Yeahtips.com — Authority: 123
  It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Screening and early detection are essential. The National Cancer Institute recommends that women age 40 and older have mammograms every 1 to 2 years. Women who are at greater risk should talk with their health care providers about whether to have mammograms before age 40 and how ...
  4 weeks ago

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