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more about #insurance more comments → Red-headed bookworm: One thing I wonder is that if they don't recommend mammograms until age 50 and above, at what age are they recommending the baseline mammogram? I'm st... more » Ruby_de_la_Booby: Is there a better method for detection beside the mammogram that we aren't using because of the cost, for example? It seems like parts of this study ... more » Keyper81: What baffles me is the recommendation that we no longer learn how to do self-exams. I understand that self-exams aren't scientifically accurate, yadda... more » ketamineKitty: Everyone I know who has had breast cancer (some who beat it, some who did not) developed it BEFORE they turned 50. This boggles my mind, I can't fath... more » theKP: Are medical authorities playing a guessing game with women's health? This strikes me as incredibly sensationalist. Of course medical authorities are ... more » pinkcrickets: I think the most pressing negative side effect of these "false positives" seems to be anxiety, and I don't know why getting rid of the screening is be... more » alicemalice: These guideline changes anger me so much. My mother had no risk factors, and got an extremely aggressive breast cancer at 45. She would be dead now,... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Instead of decreasing screening, what ought to be happening is better research and treatment for what comes after a positive mammogram. Not before. ... more » morninggloria: The correct way to refer to a mammogram is actually "boob smashing." Plural is "boob smashings." As in "My mother and grandmother both had their an... more » pantsless economist...access RESTORED: At least from the NY Times article it appears that the 15% statistic is across all age groups (it'd be nice to see the reduction by age group, dudes).... more » linnyt is a walking cliché: I think I'd rather be safe than sorry. more » TheUptightMidwesterner: Me and my radiologist can take care of my girls just fine, thanks. I'd rather have a false positive and get a biopsy than have them shrug and tell me... more » jonesy: It is cheaper to screen women with mammograms than it is to perform surgery when the cancer has grown. If the detected cancer is smaller then a quicke... more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: Go Patty Murray! She's from my state. more » msAnthrope: doesn't anybody understand? the goal of insurance companies is to find a way to prove everybody has something that can be categorized as a "pre-existi... more » -
#breastintentions
New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Confusion, Criticism
On Monday, a government task force recommended that women under 50 not get regular mammograms, and the news has many women confused and worried about losing insurance coverage. More » -
#deathpanels
More Proof Insurance Companies Are Evil
In some states, domestic violence can be categorized as a "pre-existing condition" and used as a justification to deny care. Senator Patty Murray says: "For them it's all about the bottom line. Abused women don't have a voice." [UPI] -
#sickdays
How Do You Balance Your Health And Your Checkbook?
I am a hypochondriac. I blame WebMD, mostly, specifically their Symptom Checker tool, which will read symptoms like "headache" and "back pain" and often suggest everything from "common cold" to "you are totally dying of the Bubonic Plague, sorry, dude." More » -
#isntitromantic
Making It Legal
The Daytona State College professor who founded a "marriage insurance" website - selling "coverage for the possibility a marriage might end in divorce" - has applied for a license with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. [UPI]
