Topic: American Cancer Society
Reuters US Online Report Top News | 2009-11-19 03:43:33
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.</p><p>In a move likely to reassure American women, U.S. Health ...
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2009-11-19 03:43:25
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.</p><p>In a move likely to reassure American women, U.S. Health ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2009-11-18 07:05:10
<div id="subtitle">Analysis recommends scrapping most annual exams</div><div><p>A comprehensive analysis of various mammography screening schedules suggests that biennial (every two years) screening of average risk women between the ages of 50 and 74 achieves most of the benefits of annual screening, but with less harm.</p ...
AP News | 2009-11-17 13:25:59
<div id="subtitle">Now what do I do? Suddenly women in their 40s must ponder whose mammography advice to follow</div><div><p>For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences.</p><p>Now, women in their 40s have the added ...
