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Mammogram controversy

Ottumwa :: IA :: USA | 7 minutes ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Jenny Schmidt and Mable Hart are true believers in mammograms. The two breast-cancer survivors argue new mammography guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are not only wrong, it may be sending a dangerous message to women. Schmidt...

Tags: task force, Mable Hart, Ottumwa, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer screening, Mammography, Breast, Medical imaging, Breast cancer, Oncology, Breast self-examination, Cancer

Ciggie smoking 'increases colorectal cancer risk'

Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 4 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Thun, M.D., M.S., vice president emeritus, epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society. The expert added: "Colorectal cancer should be added to the list of cancers caused by smoking." Findings are published in the December issue...

Tags: India, Thiruvananthapuram, Oncology, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Tobacco, Alcohol, Tobacco smoking, Colorectal cancer, Smoking, Passive smoking, Epidemiology, Alcohol and cancer, Wine and health, Breast cancer, Gastrointestinal cancer

Mayor lauds wife's spirit after latest cancer setback

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 5 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Mayor Richard Daley put a human face on his wife's continued struggle with cancer Thursday, praising her strength and dedication, discussing the challenges a wheelchair poses and lauding the skills of the medical professionals who care for her. "Like...

Tags: Richard Daley, Maggie Daley, Chicago, Health Medical Pharma, Radiation therapy, Cancer treatments, Richard J. Daley, DePaul University alumni, Breast cancer, Oncology, Richard Mell, Cancer, Metastasis

"Skate the Rink Pink" at weekend hockey meet

Sun Valley :: NV :: USA | about 5 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Skate the Rink Pink� at weekend hockey meet Breast cancer awareness theme at Sun Valley Sun Valley Youth Hockey girls host their home tourney Saturday and Sunday, Dec...U-19 and U-14 girls will be teams from Boise, Idaho Falls and Salmon plus one team...

Tags: breast cancer, rink pink, cancer awareness, Sun Valley, Health Medical Pharma, Pink, allnews

Vital Signs: What women should do now about mammograms

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 12 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

What happens if cancer-screening recommendations start to change but doctors and patients refuse to adopt the new standards?...A fierce debate is raging over whether healthy women in their 40s should get annual mammograms as they've been told to do for...

Tags: San Francisco, Health Medical Pharma, Screening, Mammography, Breast cancer, Oncology, Cancer, Medical tests, Breast cancer screening, Prostate cancer, Pathology, Medical imaging, Cancer screening

Should Bisphenol A be banned?

Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | about 12 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

See below for a Science Media Centre UK fact sheet on Bisphenol A...From the SMC UK: Professor Richard Sharpe, Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit based at University of Edinburgh, said: "There is no direct evidence that links bisphenol...

Tags: BPA, breast cancers, females hormone, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Health Medical Pharma, Bisphenol A, Estrogens, Polycarbonate, Plasticizers, Breast cancer, Phenols, Cancer, Estradiol

Oxendine to Ga. insurers: Keep covering mammograms

Macon :: GA :: USA | about 23 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is warning health insurance companies in Georgia to continue covering mammogram screenings for breast cancer. Georgia law currently says that women ages 35 to 39 are entitled to a baseline mammogram. On Nov....

Tags: John Oxendine, Georgia, covering mammogram, Macon, Health Medical Pharma, Oxendine, Mammography, Social Issues, Breast cancer, Insurance

Eartha Steward: What's the deal with BPA?

Frisco :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

I recently heard that its in canned goods too, not just water bottles. Should I freak out about this one too? —Jeni, Breckenridge Thanks for the question, Jeni. It seems like every other day there's more news about something else poisoning us, and it...

Tags: BPA, Eartha Steward Dear Eartha, water bottles, breast cancer, Frisco, Health Medical Pharma, Bisphenol A, Recyclable materials, Polycarbonate, Plasticizers, Endocrine disruptor, Plastic, Phenols, Dielectrics

Maggie Daley treated for bone cancer

Illinois :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

First lady Maggie Daley is undergoing radiation therapy for a bone tumor in her right leg , the latest development in her fight with metastatic breast cancer , Mayor Richard Daley 's office said Wednesday night. She will be using a wheelchair to minimize...

Tags: Maggie Daley, Illinois, Health Medical Pharma, Radiation therapy, Pathology, Bone tumor, Breast cancer, Oncology, Biopsy, Cancer, Metastasis

Blow to women's health

Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Susan Scanlan is president of the Women's Research & Education Institute and chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, which describes itself as a coalition of more than 240 progressive women's groups representing more than 12 million...

Tags: breast cancers, American Cancer Society, Washington, Health Medical Pharma, Mammography, Social Issues, Breast, Medical imaging, Breast cancer, Oncology, Cancer

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