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more about #kathleensebelius more comments → DollyHaze: I'm not sure about breast cancer, and I live in Canada, not the U.S. But, when I was 18 years old I was diagnosed with high-grade cervical dysplasia, ... more » Faster.Pussycat: The data indicating that BSEs and mammograms don't necessarily save lives have been available for years and years. The new guidelines are not a sudde... more » BreeDMN: I had a false positive when I was 40. It took two surgeons' opinions and at least two follow-up mammograms during the next year to alleviate my anxie... more » pinkcrickets: Mammograms are one thing. They're painful, uncomfortable, and costly. But self-exam? Why on earth would they recommend against that? I can see some re... more » midwesternmom: I will say to them what I said to my sister's lazy gyno, "If our aunts had waited til they were 40 for their first mammograms, they would have died o... more » badmutha: I worked for a natl. cancer org, and I knew plenty of women who got cancer before 40, found lumps themselves, and others who found cancers through mam... more » Lymed: I had a conversation with my nurse practitioner, who works with cancer patients, about these guidelines today. She doesn't know how she feels about t... more » Trulymadlyme: What about improving the affordability and access to MRI's that are (1) less prone to false positives; and (2) more nuanced in the size of tumor it de... more » PilgrimSoul: Okay you're going to get mad but, you know what? Why is the Obama administration CONSISTENTLY letting health care discussions veer off in this direct... more » Cam/ron: Todd, do what the damn Muppet says. more » feministabroad: So snot on the sleeve is okay but washed hands after sneezing is not? What? I don't get it. more » otherginger: So I have been sneezing incorrectly for 47 years? more » Lymed: Can we have Sesame Street characters write the health reform bill? Sometimes I think they will do a better job. more » EndangeredRed: Oh my God, my mother is the Health and Human Services Secretary. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: This video is more awesome with the sound off. Can we get a .gif of her doing the "sneeze into your elbow" thing with the wide eyes and the pointing? more » -
#healthnuts
The New, Looming Battle Over American Womens' Breast Health
We haven't even finished the battle over Stupak-Pitts, but there's a new fight brewing. Monday's new recommendations on breast cancer screenings have finally saturated the media - and everyone from the GOP to Gail Collins is weighing in. More » -
#gesundheit
Elmo Called On To Deliver White House Briefing On Sneezing
At a press conference about the H1N1 virus yesterday, Kathleen Sebelius chastised NBC's Chuck Todd for sneezing into his hand, saying "We'll have Elmo give Chuck a "special" briefing... Elmo knows how to sneeze." Video at left. [Buzzfeed] -
#healthnuts
And The Health Care Band Played On
Over the weekend, Crystal Lee Sutton, labor activist and inspiration for the movie Norma Rae, died of cancer after struggling with her insurance company, which had delayed her treatment. So why is the current health care discussion focusing on abortion? More » -
#boo
Onion Confirms What We Always Suspected About Backyard Camping
In the Onion, "Kathleen Sebelius" explains that 74% of camping kids fall victim to killer ghosts, wolves, or "Old Man Greenly, who lost his hand in a gruesome mill accident and now seeks his bloody revenge." [The Onion] -
#roevsworld
On Abortion, Right And Left Agree That Compromise Sucks
We haven't been that impressed with efforts to find "common ground" on abortion — and, funnily enough, neither is Focus on the Family president Jim Daly, who doesn't think Obama is doing nearly enough to deprive women of their choices. More » -
#sisterhoodisnoble
The Seven Sisters
"...the women of the administration are still waiting for their first girls' night out on the town," 'reports' US News. Oh really? Looks like someone made up a "story", then bothered Janet Napolitano - who certainly has more important things to do - for comment. Forced sistertude! [US News] -
#newsat10
100 Days Of Right Wing Wackos Would Make You Weary, Too
- This week's New York Times Magazine cover story on Obama's first hundred days doesn't look exceptionally celebratory. It looks more like, "This is what 100 days as President will do to you." [NY Times]
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#newsat10
President Plays Hoops; Wins Polls
- Barack Obama shot some hoops with the women of the NCAA champion Huskies and won. (Pic at left is from early April.) The jersey they gave him, though, was a bit too small. [The Swamp]
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#newsat10
Larry Summers Sleeps While Credit Scores Drop
- Renowned male supremacist Larry Summers just couldn't keep his eyes open during a meeting with credit card company executives and Barack Obama yesterday afternoon. Shit's boring! [ThinkProgress]
- Renowned male supremacist Larry Summers just couldn't keep his eyes open during a meeting with credit card company executives and Barack Obama yesterday afternoon. Shit's boring! [ThinkProgress]
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#roevsworld
Kathleen Sebelius' Opponents Are Not Appeased
Despite having sold out about the pro-choice movement by signing Kansas' pre-abortion ultrasound bill, anti-abortion activists are still trying to rally Senators against Kathleen Sebelius' nomination to the Department of Health and Human Services. [The Hill] -
#roevsworld
Kathleen Sebelius And The Appeasement Strategy
Kansas Governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius signed into law today a bill requiring that women be able to see ultrasounds or hear fetal heartbeats before their abortions. [NY Times] -
#thecabinet
Welcome To The Cabinet, Governor Sebelius
The New York Times is reporting that President Obama is set to formally announce Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his latest nominee for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services on Monday. More » -
#elderstateswoman
Dr. Joycelyn Elders Weighs In On Sanjay Gupta, Kathleen Sebelius
Bill Clinton's first Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, has never been shy about voicing her opinions (and good for her!). So it's not surprising that she's got some about Barack Obama's nominees for health care roles. More » -
#newsat10
Good News For The Ladies, Bad News For The Boys
It's Ladies Night (Morning?) in today's news, with Hillary Clinton's successful Asia trip and Kathleen Sebelius' potential ascendancy, while Burris battles his crazy, Republicans their own rhetoric and Norm Coleman his former constituents More » -
#newsat10
Ghosts Of Recessions And Cabinet Picks Past
Kathleen Sebelius might be back in Washington, and she'll be much more warmly received than any economic data or evidence that Republican Senators once voted for a stimulus larger than Obama's package. More » -
#newsroundup
Hillary Clinton Is Not Getting Involved In Her Seat, But She's The Only One Who Isn't
- Clinton told her supporters to stop talking smack about Caroline Kennedy unless they're going to endorse someone else. She doesn't want people to believe it's coming from her. [Politico]
