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Study: Just Half of Women Over 40 Get Annual Mammograms
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN ANTONIO (Dec. 9) -- Remember the uproar last year when a government task force said most women don't need annual mammograms? It turns out that only half of women over 40 had been getting them that often to start with, even when they have insurance that covers screening. The information comes from a review of insurance claims that show what women actually do - not what they say in surveys. "We all support many things - fast food isn't what we should eat for dinner every night - but that isn't what we do," said Dr. Milayna Subar of Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages benefits for ...
Six Health Care Changes That Go Into Effect Soon
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Sept. 22) -- The wait is over. A new era of health care coverage in America is set to begin this week, when some provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act officially begin to be enforced by law. Many of the changes will be phased in over the next several years, but the debate over whether the legislation is good for the country continues to rage on, especially as the November midterm elections draw near. President Barack Obama spent much of Wednesday touting the legislation's new "Patient's Bill of Rights," and, via the White House website, attempted to combat what the ...
The Bra-ha-ha
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyRegarding my previous post My Bra? Color Me Furious, which has clocked in at 1,000+ comments: I guess I hit a nerve. ...
Five Reasons to Welcome the New Mammogram Guidelines
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLast week, the federal government released new guidelines for mammograms, raising the recommended screening age from 40 to 50. And so far, the public's response has been overwhelmingly negative: Women hate them. Republicans hate them. And Republican women really hate them. So at the risk of alienating . . . oh, just about everybody . . . let me tell you why I think these guidelines are a good idea. ...
Critics Blast Advice About Mammograms
By Andrew Schneider - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- Reactions to new government guidelines for breast cancer screenings have been visceral and immediate, and have sparked instant disagreement among doctors. Those objecting to the shift scoff at the composition of the government-appointed panel and the fact that it only re-examined old data and never touched or questioned a living patient before making its decision. "The work of this committee is reminiscent of a bad 1956 science-fiction movie," said Dr. Michael Harbut, director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Michigan's Karmanos Cancer Institute. ...
My Cancer Scare, Thanks to a Mammogram
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Nov. 17) -- Now they tell me. It took doctors and scientists on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force seven years to reverse their recommendation that women have mammograms every one or two years once they turn 40, saying the tests triggered too many false alarms. But I already knew that they can do more harm than good -- at least in my case. I am the woman they are talking about. I had just turned 40 when my doctor told me it was time to start the recommended routine of annual mammograms. Since insurance covered it, I dutifully made the appointment. It was late December, a ...
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