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The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "BlogTalk: Grading Obama, Abortion Flares," Maria Newman, New York Times' "The Caucus": Although several aspects of the health care reform debate "will be...
By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter - Not only did the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) just raise the age at which it recommends women get their first mammogram from 40 to 50, but the American College of...
By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter by Amanda Gardner healthday Reporter – 4 mins ago TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Not only did the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) just raise the age at which it recommends...
North American health organizations move to replace antiquated cervical cancer screening policies Carly Weeks From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 11:05AM EST After years of needlessly conducting...
Authors' Affiliations: Departments of Gynecologic Oncology, Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology, and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. PURPOSE:...
If you're a woman, your next check-up at the doctor's office may be a bit confusing. That's because in the last week, new guidelines have been recommended for mammograms and cervical cancer screenings. So what should you expect...
1 New York Two independent US panels have recommended that women have fewer mammograms and fewer screenings for cervical cancer, just as the US Senate was to begin debating health reform. Critics called the new recommendations...
Chief medical officer said benefits of some screenings are exaggerated With cancer screenings, more is always better. At least that's what people have been told for years - get mammograms, Pap smears, colonoscopies and prostate...
While we can’t always prevent cancer, we can do things to help reduce the risk of developing it. Of course, we always hear: eat healthy foods, exercise, don’t smoke. But the message doesn’t seem to be getting through because...
Sarah Palin asks: 'Rationed care' already?By ANDY BARR | 11/20/09 8:44 AM EST Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin early Friday morning greeted news that renewed guidelines scale back screenings for cervical cancer by asking if...
