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What Health Care is Like: Seeking Supreme Analogies

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.28.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

Health care is nothing like cell phones, or any of the other things that "might" come in handy during some future emergency: a bulletproof vest, a car, a ladder, a fire extinguisher, a helicopter, a Hazmat suit, a gas mask, a tank, etc. Truly, about the worst analogy I've ever heard.

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U.S. Health Panel Takes Heat On Mammogram Advice

Reuters | Alina Selyukh | Posted 02.18.2012

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By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Ned Calonge knows firsthand how hard it is to tell Americans they'd be better off with fewe...

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Healthy Men Do Not Need Routine PSA Blood Tests, Government Panel Says

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — Those PSA blood tests that check for prostate cancer do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive them as part o...

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The Government Is Trying To Control My Breasts

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Helene Pavlov, M.D.

Last Monday a government task force came out with an opposition to the American Cancer Society's long-standing position that women in their 40's shoul...

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New U.S. Task Force Breast Exam Guidelines Would Have Made Me A Widower And Single Father

John W. Anderson | Posted 11.17.2011

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John W. Anderson

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended this week that women in their 40s not get a mammogram. Had my wife Sharon followed these recommendations, she would be dead today.

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Poor Women in California Can Expect a Lump of Coal From the Government This Holiday Season

Pedro Nava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pedro Nava

Schwarzenegger and the California Department of Public Health have embraced the holiday season with a new set of proposed rules that will abandon low-income women.

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Sebelius: Women Should Get Mammograms By Age 40

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wed...

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Teresa Heinz Says She's Fighting Breast Cancer

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue u...

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Mammography Wars: Drawing the Line Between Breasts and Politics

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

How did mammography guidelines end up in the middle of a political discussion? It was the timing, of course. The conclusions were immediately plunged into a partisan, political dispute.

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