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Docuticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Medical Surveillance Monthly Report: Women’s Deployment Health Issue (PDF; 2.1 MB) Source: Armed Forced Health Surveillance Center Main Articles Health of women after deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom, active component, U.S.Armed Forces Medical evacuation for suspected breast cancer, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2002-June...
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KEYT - News - Local (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Amid the debate over just when women should start getting regular mammograms to detect breast cancer, a new debate could be brewing about Pap smears.
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We The Free (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
clipped from pajamasmedia.com COST CONTAINMENT: “We’ll save even more money if we just get these women who are bitching about pain to hold their boyfriend’s hand or look at a picture of their kid. . . . And those silly Pap tests that had us thinking we needed a pelvic exam every year?The official word has come that you don’t need that testing so early or so often.” Plus...
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Getting Better (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In yet another article addressing the war on cancer, The New York Times today tackles cancer prevention, focusing on alternative and mainstream Pharma products marketed to reduce the risk for cancer. While author Gina Kolata seems to have done her homework when it comes to the failure of alternative medicine to prevent cancer, she has missed the story completely when it comes to telling why the medical...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
With high incidence of breast cancer reported among city women population, the UT administration has decided to procure a vehicle costing Rs 1 crore with in-built facilities for mammography, that would be used to organize camps in each sector as well as villages and slums falling within the union territory.
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En Tequila Es Verdad (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Specifically, the boobs who are throwing a hysterical fit over the new breast cancer screening recommendations : On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “ This is how rationing begins ,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A leading medical group added new fuel to a budding health care controversy on Friday by recommending that women delay their first cervical-cancer screening until age 21 instead of starting the test three years after becoming sexually active. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) also advised that women under 30 undergo the screening, also known as Pap smears, every other year...
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Health - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Making drastic changes to U.S. breast cancer screening guidelines will take much stronger evidence than that offered by a federal advisory panel this week....
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Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | yesterday
mammograms at earlier ages, even though there are many, many false positives with younger women and the fact deaths from breast cancer have hardly budged : Critics of this week’s recommendations have poked holes in the Preventive Services Task Force’s data analysis, have warned against basing present practice guidelines on the older imaging technology used in the studies, and have called...
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Veggie Chic (Free subscription) | yesterday
There’s a new non-invasive technology to help conquer a little-known problem in breast cancer treatment, and I asked a radiation oncologist some questions to help us better understand the development. Many breast cancer patients aren’t aware that their lumpectomy cavity — or area where the cancerous tumor was removed from — can move and change shape from day-to-day after surgery...
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Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | yesterday
Special Report host Bret Baier falsely claimed that recently released cervical cancer screening guidelines were promulgated by a "federal panel," adding that those guidelines "open the door to this conversation about rationing." Additionally, Mara Liasson suggested that that the Senate health care reform bill would implement a task force's recommendations for breast cancer screenings...
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American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is Newest Ruling on Women’s Health & Breast Cancer Tied to Politics? Is the Obama Government “Cooking the Books'” Will the “Death Panels” Start Early for Women- at Age 40? By Wayne Allyn Root, AuthorThe Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts I really hate the fact that Obama and his [...]
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital. Myomectomy is a procedure that removes uterine fibroids, leaving the uterus intact and preserving the ability for future pregnancies.
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Key West Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Call it a bizarre coincidence but I recently received word that three women are struggling with breast cancer payments for treatment. It happened that my wife and I met some friends at Salute Restaurant on the beach for some shared appetizers and glasses of wine. For me it was a night off work, for them it was an after work gathering and it was delightful. The wine gave me an excuse to sit for a good...
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Inside Out Style (Free subscription) | yesterday
. . A great post on Post Mastectomy dressing from Kayleigh Is your hair thinning from Chemotherapy? Check out Duchesse's options for thinning hair How to choose and fit a mastectomy bra from The Bra Queen. Some more tips on dressing after a mastectomy from the Lifestyle Channel And a quick reminder that if you or anyone you know is going through cancer treatment, and they haven't already done so, see...
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obi jo | 11/17/2009
http://benkazie.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/confusion-no-mammograms-until-age-50-no-teaching-breast-self-examination/ Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in women. An estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women and 1,910 cases in men will occur in 2009. Some 40,170 breast cancer deaths will have also occurred during 2009. The risk factors for breast cancer include...
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When was this panel formed? (prior or after President Obama took office)
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