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• Women Should Ignore New Mammogram Guideline, Ex-NIH Chief Says

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 546
  MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The fallout from last weeks controversial recommendation that women delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer continues, with a former head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health advising women to ignore the guidelines. Image:  ...
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• Sen. John Barrasso: Preventive Services Task Force Would Have Pulled The Plug On My Wife

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 759
  Yesterday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a breast cancer survivor, accused Republicans of politicizing breast cancer . This afternoon, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) — a doctor who runs a private orthopedic practice and serves as Chief of Staff of the Wyoming Medical Center — proved her point. Barrasso ...
  15 hours ago

• Mammograms: American Cancer Society Guidelines

  
  MAinfo — Authority: 504
  The review of the various clinical trials as reported by OHSU showed that mammography reduced deaths from breast cancer by about 15% in women ages 40-49. They also found that 1904 (range 929-6378) women had to be screened over 10 years to save one life. For women ages 50-59 years, the reduction in deaths was about ...
  19 hours ago

• Reid: No Connection Between Mammogram Recommendations and Dems’ Health Reforms

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 157
  In a  statement released Sunday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) became the latest Democrat to try to divorce the party’s health reform bills from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which issued controversial new guidelines last week for breast cancer screening. Let’s be clear: the ...
  20 hours ago

• I’d Rather Just Leave ‘em Alone :: Pressure to Enlarge my Breasts AND Cut Them Off

  
  ::the open end:: — Authority: 135
  It all began tonight with an   NPR article about Huntington’s disease.  Charles Sabine, a famous journalist, had a family history of HD and decided to undergo genetic testing. The test revealed that he will inevitably die from the genetic mutation and its horrific outcome.  I continued reading and was brought ...
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• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Republicans Have ‘Politicized Breast Cancer’

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 759
  During an appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), a breast cancer survivor, strongly criticized Republicans for suggesting that the new mammogram guidelines released by the Preventive Task Force last week would restrict access to cancer diagnosis. “What’s ...
  21 hours ago

• Mammography is Imperfect But Essential, and New Guidelines Foolish

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
  by Bonnie Reichman, M.D. (The piece below is second in a series of responses by WVFCs Medical Advisory Board to the new screening guidelines for breast and cervical cancer issued last week. Check back later for word from Dr. Elizabeth Poynor on cervical cancer screening and from Dr. Allen on the ...
  1 day ago

• Breast Cancer Guidelines Become New ‘Death Panel’ Scare

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 802
  We reported last week that a government panel issued controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines, and predicted that the very real concerns they present would be twisted to raise concerns about the House health care reform bill .  Our prediction played out on Sunday’s This Week with George ...
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• No Mammograms Before 50? Really?

  
  ModernMami.com — Authority: 457
  Last week a government task force said that the majority of women don’t need mammograms until the age of 50 . On top of that, they also said that breast self-exams are unnecessary . Since then, I’ve been thinking about this over and over. I just can’t wrap my head around it. Don’t we hear about many women ...
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• Mammogram Screening For Breast Cancer: Guidelines May Change After Task Force Recommendations

  
  The Breast Cancer Reconstruction Blog — Authority: 104
  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a government-appointed expert panel, recently made new recommendations for mammogram screening for breast cancer: Women between 40 and 49 years old should not be having routine screening mammograms.  Instead, they say that women should make an informed decision ...
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• My Mammogram Story

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
  by Shelley Singer I am in a high-risk category for breast cancer. My mother has had it twice. I am 59 and have been having mammograms since I was 40. I examine myself (none too thoroughly) and have manual breast exams every three months. I took Tamoxifen for five years, prophylactically, after research and ...
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• Mammogram Concerns

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  Recent recommendations on scaling back mammograms and pap smears have created concern and uncertainty for many women. Dr. Jon lapook speaks with Jeff Glor and gives more perspective on this issue.
  2 days ago

• Commentary: Ignore the “experts” on Women’s (and Men’s) health

  
  Blast: Boston's Online Magazine — Authority: 569
  I’m a man. As a man, I don’t have the right to tell a woman what to do about her own womanly health. But I know one thing: Too many women die of breast cancer every year. Now we have to hear so-called health experts tell women to wait until age 50 to get potentially life-saving mammograms? Those same experts ...
  2 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  [...]
  3 days ago

• Dems’ Health Bills Would Adopt New Mammogram Guidelines

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 763
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (WDCpix) The Democrats downplaying the gravity of new recommendations for breast cancer screening have left out an inconvenient fact: their health care bills would automatically adopt them. Both the House and Senate health reform proposals would ...
  3 days ago

• New mammogram guidelines raise risks: experts

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  Theyve never had breast cancer. Theyre on the fence about whether to get a mammogram. And theyre the women who breast cancer patient advocate PJ Hamel worries about the most.
  3 days ago

• The Routine Mammogram Debate: To screen or not to screen? (video)

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 146
  A women under 50 recently advised against routine mammograms for women under 50 who are not high risk. To screen or not to screen? Watch now: Katie Couric comments: Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports: What’s Behind The New Recommendations For Mammograms: Dr. Manny speaks out: This is just ridiculous! How ...
  3 days ago

• New Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening, Too

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  Well, it’s been an interesting week for women’s health issues: earlier this week Giulia noted that a panel is recommending fewer mammograms and starting later, and now, new guidelines are suggesting that women start getting screened for cervical cancer later in life, and that Pap smears are not needed every ...
  3 days ago

• Buzz in Bucks: new breast cancer screening guidelines

  
  The Intelligencer Now — Authority: 503
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• Buzz in Bucks: new breast cancer screening guidelines

  
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