Mammograms

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The Cancer Vixen Mission: No Breast Left Behind

Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Mammogram Guidelines, Breast Cancer Awareness, Living News

If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.

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Mammography: A Not-So-Fatalistic View

Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Mammography, Breast Cancer, Health, Women's Health, Mammograms, Cancer, Elaine Schattner, Mammogram, Wellness, Living News

In my view, the press is getting and giving the wrong message on mammography. There are significant flaws in recent analyses that have escaped most headlines.

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The Great Mammography Debate: "Peace of Mind" Or "Power Of Me?" What Kind Of Person Are You?

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Mammogram Recommendations, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

The new task force recommendations on mammograms are not a blanket, one-size-fits-all prescription for every woman. Guidelines should never replace a dialogue with your own doctor that considers individual risk.

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Wasserman Shultz: GOP Has 'Politicized Breast Cancer' (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Mammogram Guidelines Health Care Bill, Mammograms, Health Care Bill Mammograms, Health Care, Healthcare, Mammogram Guidelines, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer...

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Dead Moms Everywhere -- That's What Postponing Mammograms Means

Jenny Block | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Susan G Komen, Mammography, Insurance, Breast Cancer, 3-Day, Mammograms, Breasts, Cancer, Mammogram Guidelines, Health, Living News

My mother would be dead. There's nothing complicated about it. She would be dead if she had not gone in to have her routine mammogram at age 45.

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Doctors Answer Mammogram Concerns

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Memorial Sloan-Kettering, David Dershaw, NYU Langone Medical Center, Breast Cancer, CBS News, Mammograms, Freya Schnable, Cbs, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

In light of the new breast cancer screening guidelines, I asked two experts on the front lines of patient care to join me in a live webcast to provide some perspective.

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A Mammogram DIDN'T Save My Life

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Exam, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Lauren Cahn, Mammogram Guidelines, Insurance Coverage, Health, Living News

At 35, I had my first mammogram. It was clean as a whistle. At 36, I was diagnosed with three cancerous tumors in my right breast, two of which were larger than 2.5 centimeters.

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Cancer Wins The Powerball

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, New Task Force Guidelines on Breast Cancer Screening, Powerball, Health, Living News

I was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in my right breast at age 42. Considering that the task force suggested that breast self-exam is worthless, I wonder, how are we supposed to achieve early detection?

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Beyond the Headlines and Under the Bra

Jennifer Manfrè | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Breast Cancer Treatment, Living News

The new mammogram recommendation is what cost control looks like: It's not rationing, it's not socialized medicine, it's cost control. What are the real outcomes, and what are the real costs? Do the math.

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Take Two Studies And Call Them In The Morning

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Annals of Internal Medicine, American Cancer Society, Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer, Breast Exams, Diagnostic Tests, Mammograms, Health Guidelines, Health and Human Services, Medicine, Health Care, Preventive Services Task Force, Health, Living News

If you've been eating plenty of this and that because we kept proclaiming that this and that are good for you, you might want to scale back a bit.

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Mammogram Age Pushed Back To 50

AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, When Should You Get a Mammogram, Mammogram Age, At What Age Should I Get a Mammogram, Women's Health, Health, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Health Care, Breast Cancer Awareness, Mammogram Ages, Mammogram Guidelines, Living News

NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...

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Rethink Pink NOW! Sane Solutions To Breast Cancer

Helen Cordes | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Pink Ribbons, Breast Cancer Prevention, American Cancer Society, Pinkwashing, Health, Living News

Yesterday, the American Cancer Society admitted that many women are diagnosed and treated for breast cancer needlessly--that the "cancer" they have wouldn't spread or even be noticed without mammograms.

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How Breasts (and Health Care) Swung a Governor's Race

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Christie Mammograms, Chris-Christie-Mammograms, Chris Daggett, Jon Corzine, Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, New Jersey, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Health Care Reform, Mammograms, Christopher Christie, Christopher J. Christie, Health Care, New Jersey Governor Race, 2009, New Jersey Governor, Politics News

Christie's lack of specificity and stubbornness in his ad did nothing but prove his duplicity and inform more people that he sides with insurance companies over New Jersey women.

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Chris Christie's 'Macaca Moment' on Health Care

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York

Christie is now on film, getting short with someone for daring to question the whims of the health care industry.

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True Prevention is the Solution to Our Healthcare Crisis

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Bone-Density, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Cancer Prevention, Colonoscopy, Universal Healthcare, Pap-Smear, Immunization, Prevention, Mammograms, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Living News

Prevention is about staying healthy and not being scared into having unnecessary tests. It is about spending fewer dollars on health care and more on good, clean, healthy living.

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Safe Breast Self Exam by Young Women vs. Dangers of Mammography

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Dangers of Mammography, EARLY Act, Women's Health, Acs, Womens Issues, Mammograms, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Living News

A premenopausal woman having annual mammograms over 10 years is exposed to similar levels of radiation as a Japanese woman who was about a mile away from the Hiroshima bomb.

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The Real Faces of Reform: Ann's Story

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Dole, Insurance Premiums, Kansas Democratic Party, Insurance, Catastrophic Coverage, Health Care Reform, Mammograms, Health Insurace, Prescriptions, Politics News

"I feel like I have paid my insurance company thousands of dollars for nothing," Anne said, "and now I am going to have to drop my coverage because I just can't afford it anymore."

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Free Breast, Cervical Exams Could Fall Victim To Budget Cuts

Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mammograms, Illinois Budget, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pat Quinn, Illinois Budget Cuts, Women's Health, Health, Chicago News

If state legislators buck Gov. Pat Quinn's call for an income tax hike, the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program stands to lose millions and wo...

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Dueling Docs: Is Drinking Linked to Breast Cancer?

Janice Horowitz | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Estrogen, Breast Cancer, Alcohol, Mammograms, Wine, Booze, Heart Disease, Drinking, Health Statistics, Living News

A recent report suggests that as little as one extra glass of wine, beer or hard liquor a day can increase a woman's odds of developing of breast cancer.

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Sara Feigenholtz Fights for Emanuel's Seat

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Women's Issues, Twitter, Roland Burris, Facebook, Illinois Fifth District Race, Emily's List, Barack Obama, Breaking Political News, Chicago Politics, Dan Hynes, Bush Administration, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Women's Health, FamilyCare Bill, Mammograms, Health Care, Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago News

Using the Obama model of building a strong grassroots base, Feigenholtz has tapped into the social media playbook with a profile on Facebook and updates on Twitter.

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