Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill are blasting new guidelines from a government task force that recommends against routine mammograms for women under 50, questioning whether they are tantamount to health care "rationing" in the fight against the No.
2 cancer killer in U.S. women."I absolutely believe this could be a form of rationing," said Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga, a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist for 26 years. "It scares me."Gingrey told FoxNews.com on Tuesday that he and other lawmakers are gravely concerned that insurance companies will seize upon the new guidelines to deny mammogram coverage for women under 50."Early detection is hugely important," Gingrey said, noting that breast self-exams are critical in looking for cancerous tissue masses.The new government recommendations, released Monday by the Preventive Services Task Force of the Department of Health and Human Services, recommend against regular mammography tests in women aged 40 to 49. The guidelines also downplay t...Up to a fourth of breast cancers found through mammograms are harmless and would not cause noticeable disease during the women's lifetimes, a new study from Norway s...
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Dr. David Samadi weighs in
Dr. David Samadi weighs in
Expect the unexpected—such is my life with cancer. My white cell count was too low, below one, so the doctor could not administer my chemotherapy treatment last week...
Women in their 40s with a moderate family risk of breast cancer should get yearly mammograms, a new study suggests.Though such testing is standard procedure in the U...
If I'm confused, I can only imagine what women are thinking throughout America this morning. As recently as Monday morning, I saw some 40-year-old patients in my off...
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New Mammogram Advice Raises ConcernsTuesday, November 17, 2009PrintNEW YORK — For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experience...
More than half of healthy women who have an annual mammogram will get at least one false positive result over a 10-year period, and 7 to 9 percent will undergo a bio...
In another slap at a 2009 U.S. task force recommendation on mammography , a new study released Tuesday finds that women do indeed benefit from annual mammograms in t...
Eileen Moleski has received mammogram results suggesting she has breast cancer four times, but further testing showed, each time, that she didn't have the disease.No...
Dr. Manny discusses the new mammogram recommendations and other heath headlines on "Imus in the Morning"
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