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Mammograms, Pap Smears, and the PSA: How Other Screening Tests Measure Up
Earlier this week the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force shocked legions of women when it recommended waiting until 50 for a first mammogram, despite previous recommendations that women begin mammograms at 40. Then today, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released new guidelines for Pap smears. Previously, all sexually active women were encouraged to get the test—which examines cells in the cervix to determine whether there are any abnormalities that could lead to cancer—every year. Now, the recommendations state that women begin the Pap test at 21, retest every other year, and then, once women hit their 30s, schedule a test every three years.
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It May Not Save Your Life
Why there's more reason than ever to be skeptical about cancer screening.
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What You Don’t Know Might Kill You
The right doctors can make all the difference when it comes to treating cancer. So why don't we know who they are?
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09/23/2009BlogsObama Avoiding Kaddafi
…release of the convicted terrorist─on humanitarian grounds, according to the Scots (Megrahi is suffering from terminal prostate cancer )─infuriated U.S. law-enforcement officials and raised new questions about U.S. policy to move toward closer …
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09/16/2009HealthRationing? Not My Kid!
…effectiveness research—studies of what works and what doesn't—to medical decisions. He focused on its use in prostate cancer , making the point that Americans—patients and doctors—seem to clamor for the shiny new treatment regardless of …
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09/02/2009HealthHealth-Care Rationing: Bring it On
…we could do with a lot less of. How about the PSA test for prostate cancer ? No major medical group, including the American Cancer Society, recommends regular prostate - cancer screening, including the PSA, for men at ordinary risk . This …
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08/26/2009BlogsRedheads Fear the Dentist, And Tall Men Get Cancer: What Your Appearance Says About Your Health
…researchers published a study showing that tall men (6'3" and over) were 40 percent more likely to get an aggressive form of prostate cancer than men of average (5'7") height . This finding illustrated what researchers had long suspected: a report published …
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07/15/2009HealthThe Medicine Of Us And Them
…Cancer Institute (NCI) that reveals that African-Americans are more likely to die sooner from breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer than other patients. And this survival gap persisted even after researchers took socioeconomic factors (such as poverty and inferior …
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