Topic: Mammography
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-11-30 20:28:48
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - A software program that helps determine the stiffness of a breast lump may help some women avoid unnecessary breast biopsies, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p><p>They said the technique called elastography, which is used in tandem with a standard ultrasound, correctly identified 98 percent of ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-24 23:10:17
<div><p>Three-quarters of US women disagree with a high-level panel's recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening and even more plan to ignore the guidelines, a poll showed Tuesday.</p><p>Of 1,136 women aged 35 and 75 interviewed over three days last week, 76 percent disagreed ...
Las Vegas Sun | 2009-11-24 09:05:08
<div><p> Hows this for timing?</p><p>Here was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ready to unveil his long-awaited Senate health care bill a bill that, while it has drawn the usual complaints from the usual suspects, hasnt been dismissed as unworkable or unreasonable.</p><p>And ...
AP News | 2009-11-22 18:45:38
<div id="subtitle">Lawmakers argue whether mammogram guidelines show what's wrong with health care overhaul</div><div><p>Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of ...
