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Ignore Mammogram Guidelines?
Should women wait until their 50s to get mammograms? A government panel recently recommended exactly that, but former NIH director Bernadine Healy, appearing on Fox News Sunday, tells Chris Wallace, "I'm saying very powerfully" to ignore the findings.
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Ignore Mammogram Guidelines?
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Now the mammogram fiasco is Bush's fault. At what point does this administration take responsibility for anything?
This same taskforce changed the breast cancer screening from age 35 to 40, yet there was no outcry at that time. This same taskforce makes recommendations for things like prostate exams, cholesterol and blood pressure screenings, stress exams, etc. Pretty much every test you are require to get that is age dependent. Yet no outcry of "government takeover" all these DECADES that they have been setting these guidelines. Gees I wonder why?
Yes this specific panel started while Bush was in office. However the government in power has no influence on the panel. It's made up of independent scientists. Otherwise, the Bush team would have hired a bunch of science deniers!
P.S. if you want to blame the CURRENT administration for something, why don't you actual WAIT until they DO something you can blame them for? Bush was in office for EIGHT YEARS and had his hands in every aspect of our lives. Since you supported him you didn't take the time to protest his bad policies. Now that you realize those policies were in fact bad, you want someone else to take responsibility for it. Classic Republicans.
I agree with Bernadine Healy that the women should ignore the government panel's recommendations regarding when they should start getting mammograms. However, I was flabbergasted when she continued by saying that they could then go to "every other year" if they wanted to in their 50's. Huh? Breast cancer risks increase with age. One shouldn't be going on year on, one year off after age 50. I hope I misheard her but I don't think I did.
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