NH ranks high in cancer screening Jul 12, 2010
The state has a breast and cervical cancer screening program to help women get mammograms and other tests, and the state recently got a federal grant to work with Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital to help low-income residents get screened for colorectal cancer. Learn more about our and. (Concord Monitor)
Be diligent about breast cancer screening Jul 12, 2010
After canceling two mammograms, my doctor made another appointment for me. With a lot of encouragement from a dear friend, I kept the appointments. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Area seniors get data on healthcare reform Jul 11, 2010
Preventive services such as colon screenings and mammograms will be free under the health care reform. Clara Parker asked Butterfield how all of these reforms would be paid for. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Pitt expert heading to White House Jul 9, 2010
Whether or not she meets Mr. Obama face to face, Dr. Albrecht said she will push for health care reforms that would provide "mammograms without cost, birth control perhaps with minimal cost, fertility counseling, those things that might be feasible to improve health care to women, infants.". Others invited to today's session include Katherine Massey, of the White House Office of Health Reform; Richard Waldman, president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and Holly... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Millions of Americans not getting screened for common cancers Jul 8, 2010
A big number experts say but it means roughly seven million women missed their mammogram. Katherine Lee, M.D., a breast surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, says "some women are just fearful. They're afraid to find breast cancer, they're afraid of the ramifications of finding breast cancer.". (WSFA.com, AL)
Younger women should get bone tests, too Jul 8, 2010
The task force had been considering the move, but the reaction to its controversial mammogram guidelines last fall spurred the group to open the process earlier, said Dr. Ned Calonge, head of the panel. Also Monday, the Annals of Internal Medicine published a review done for the task force of the latest research on screening methods, bone-building drugs and tools to calculate one's risk of low bone density and fractures. (USA Today)
• RELAY FOR LIFE 2010: Surviving Inflammatory Breast Cancer Jul 8, 2010
Unlike more common breast cancers, IBC rarely causes a breast lump and often will not show up on a mammograms. "It doesn't look like cancer, and that's why people die from it," Lawrenson said. (Juneau Empire)
Breast, Colon Cancer Screening Rates High, But Not High Enough Jul 8, 2010
And, by 2008, just over 81 percent of women aged 50 to 74 were getting mammograms as recommended, about the same level as in 2006 ... Mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early, when it is easiest to treat. (MEDLINEplus)
MRMC offers women at high risk option of breast biopsy technology Jul 8, 2010
The released guidelines state that women who face a high risk of breast cancer should undergo an annual MRI to detect the disease in addition to a mammogram ... Screening mammograms may be conducted at the Women s Center without a physician s order. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Mass. outpatient care ranked high Jul 8, 2010
Massachusetts hospitals also did better than average on these measures, including providing appropriate follow-up with women who have had routine mammograms and may need further testing, although some hospitals in the state performed better than others. For example, the agency tracked the percentage of patients with low back pain at a hospital that had an MRI without trying physical therapy or other recommended treatments first. (Boston Globe)
Task Force Asks if Osteoporosis Screenings Go Overboard Jul 7, 2010
Last November, USPSTF sparked a debate about screening when it recommended against routine mammograms for women in their. 1. (ABC News)
America's Health: Regular Doctor, Screenings Jul 7, 2010
A clinical breast exam and a mammogram are two of the most common ways to screen for breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, if you are a woman age 40 or older, you should get a mammogram every year. (ABC News)
More osteoporosis screening needed, task force says Jul 6, 2010
The task force had been considering the move, but the reaction to its controversial mammogram guidelines last fall spurred the group to open the process earlier, said Dr. Ned Calonge, head of the panel. Since the 2002 advice, several osteoporosis drugs have been released and heavily advertised, such as Genentech s Boniva, promoted by actress Sally Field. (Boston Globe)
More need bone-loss screening, panel says Jul 6, 2010
The task force had been considering the move, but the reaction to its controversial mammogram guidelines last fall spurred the group to open the process earlier. Type Size. (AZCentral -- News)
Dr. Kevin S. Hughes rethinks cancer treatment Jul 5, 2010
Q. Where do you come down on the debate about when women should start getting annual mammograms. A. I very much support yearly mammograms starting at the age of 40. (Boston Globe)
Anticipated changes for adults in the Douglass Community Jul 2, 2010
M.A.G.I.C.C, Mothers Acquiring General Information Concerning Cancer, is a cancer awareness forum for women, including free mammograms. Taking Care of Our Fathers promotes prostate awareness forum for men that provides educational information, discussions, and medical check-ups. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
An Extra Nudge Might Boost Mammogram Rates Jul 1, 2010
The researchers calculated that a letter from a primary care physician increased the likelihood of mammogram screening by 80 percent, and personal counseling tripled the screening rate. The findings were reported online June 29 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers ntion. (MEDLINEplus)
Will Berwick Get Recess Appointment? Jul 1, 2010
He is against pre-natal care and plans to cut many preventative care services such as mammograms. Even the New York Times said that Berwick faces a long uphill struggle to win Senate confirmation. (Human Events Online)
How We Fail Our Women Vets Jul 1, 2010
Some of female veterans' health care needs pap smears, mammograms, etc. are more obvious than others. (Time.com)
Cuts To Low-Income Mammogram Program Remain Jun 30, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- California health officials said cuts to a state mammogram program for low income women will continue indefinitely. California Department of Public Health spokesman Al Lundeen said services under the Every Woman Counts program were contingent on legislators reaching a budget deal by July 1, but no deal is in sight. (KSBW 8, CA)
Tiedman is a Relay honorary chairwoman Jun 28, 2010
Get your yearly mammograms, Tiedman said. She had been getting annual mammograms since she was 35. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Downsizing government stirs debate Jun 27, 2010
Mammograms, colonoscopies and pap smears still would be covered. Public-transit assistance to local governments, including Dial-a-Ride: $23 million. (AZCentral -- News)
Backstretch Employee Service Team of New York Inc. Jun 27, 2010
Bilingual clinic staff make referrals to the B.E.S.T. benefit network for specialized services, including orthopedic surgery, and coordinate auxiliary services, like cancer screenings, mammograms and immunizations. Health education presentations, on subjects like nutrition and hygiene, are also part of clinic services. (Albany Times Union)
CT Scans Hold Dangers, Doctors Say Jun 26, 2010
Congress could give the FDA authority to set doses for CT scans the way it has allowed the agency to do so for mammograms, Smith-Bindman said. Groups that track quality-of-control measures for the federal government also should include lowering radiation dose as one of their standards, Smith-Bindman said. (KIRO TV, WA)
Wards named honorary race for cure chairs Jun 25, 2010
"It's quite an honor to be able to do that. I'm a strong believer in early detection because my cancer was detected early. The race raises money to educate women (about breast cancer). I believe in annual mammograms and this helps women who can afford mammograms.". If You Go. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Survivor stories part of reason for Relay Jun 25, 2010
Tiedman said early detection is one major reason she advocates for women to get regular mammograms. . (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
U.S. Experts Weigh How to Reduce Radiation from Scans Jun 25, 2010
Smith-Bindman advocates for regulation similar to what already exists now at the FDA for mammograms. Part of the problem, she said, is agreeing on a standard dose, especially when obese patients need more radiation to produce the same image. (MEDLINEplus)
RELAY FOR LIFE: Participants have many reasons why they Relay Jun 24, 2010
After days of tests including mammograms and biopsies, she called the doctor asking if they had the test results. It was Friday and I was getting to be a basketcase. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Congress urged to give FDA power to regulate CT scans Jun 24, 2010
A 1992 law regulating mammograms, for example, has reduced radiation exposure and helped women everywhere get the same high-quality care, she says ... Mammograms are used for one purpose, he notes, but CT scans have dozens of uses, such as detecting cancer and examining the heart. (USA Today -- News)
Union, Safeway have a contract Jun 24, 2010
It also provides an improved health care package similar to one that Colorado workers won, including no co-payments on preventative treatments like mammograms. Article Rating. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Resident Shares Storyas Area Relay for Life Honorary Chair Jun 23, 2010
"I share with as many people as I can that I put off having a mammogram," Mrs. Steers said. "I didn't think I needed one. I see now how I would do things differently."I encourage everyone to embrace your yearly tests and your results; this information gives you a fighting chance. (Voices, CT)
Digital mammography campaign a success Jun 22, 2010
Countless fundraisers in various forms garnered the 800,000 needed to purchase and install the equipment that makes getting and evaluating a mammogram more quick, easy and accurate. Prior to attaining the digital mammography machine, the hospital's radiology department performed mammograms using film, which had to be developed and therefore took longer to show results ... One side advantage (is that) digital mammograms use less radiation than film screen, so there's some modest increased safety... (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Dr. Moses gives hope at Relay For Life Jun 21, 2010
My Christmas present seven years ago was a diagnosis of prostrate cancer, said Dr. Moses, who served as the guest speaker Friday evening during the Meyersdale Relay For Life at the school grounds. I ve had an appendectomy, hernia surgeries before. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
For Younger Women, Mammograms Not Too Effective Jun 19, 2010
MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Mammograms in women under the age of 40 result in many return visits for follow-up screenings but don't turn up cancer very often, a new study finds. Almost 30 percent of U.S. women between the ages of 30 and 40 report getting mammograms, although they're not generally recommended until age 40 ... The researchers found that screening mammograms -- not diagnostic mammograms, which try to resolve a specific problem -- among women aged 35 to 39 had poor accuracy... (MEDLINEplus)
Theyve faced it, dealt with it and lived to tell about it Jun 18, 2010
It invades lives, arrests happiness and destroys the body, yet it comes with tender mercies untraceable under microscopes, on mammograms or even from PET scans. Those bright moments are sprinkled in the medley of cancer stories told every year at Relay for Life events by the survivors and victors who lived them. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
As doctors find cancers earlier, more patients get overtreated Jun 18, 2010
Mammograms aren't nearly as controversial, except for the when-to-start-them question ... A study in last month's Journal of the National Cancer Institute said nearly one-quarter of breast tumors found by mammograms may be overdiagnosed ... Women whose mammograms turn up a specific type of suspicious spot that is unlikely to be aggressive cancer will get the option of skipping today's usual biopsy and repeating the scan in six months instead. (USA Today -- News)
Gene Mutation Increases Thromboembolism Risk in Women Taking Tamoxifen Jun 17, 2010
Radiologists have devised a better way to perform a mammogram, called digital tomosynthesis. An X-ray tube moves in an arc around the breast. (Science Daily)
Some early cancers overtreated but which? Jun 16, 2010
False alarmsMammograms aren't nearly as controversial, except for the when-to-start-them question ... The bigger unknown is overdiagnosis, as closer mammogram readings spot ever-earlier growths ... A study in last month's Journal of the National Cancer Institute said nearly one-quarter of breast tumors found by mammograms may be overdiagnosed. (MSNBC -- Health)
FDA Concerned About Amount Of Medical Radiation Jun 15, 2010
The consequences of too much radiation often don't show up for years and there are no federal rules on radiation dose, except for mammograms. The FDA is looking at ways to reduce and keep track of exposure. (KWTX.com, TX)
Americans get most radiation from medical scans Jun 15, 2010
Except for mammograms, there are no federal rules on radiation dose ... 1 for an ordinary chest X-ray, less than 1 for a mammogram, and as little as 0. (USA Today -- News)
Surprise! You can keep your coverage is not so truthy Jun 15, 2010
I am a 40yo woman and I go to the Gyno once per year and have a mammogram as well. Other than that, I eat healthy (vegetarian/vegan), keep my weight down, don t smoke or drink and try to swim and bike regularly for exercise. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Docs tryunproven medical tools if they're reimbursed Jun 15, 2010
Based on Medicare data, Fenton, of the University of California, Davis, and his colleagues found that in 2001, doctors used computer-aided detection in less than 5 percent of screening mammograms ... Small studies have indicated that it might be slightly better at identifying cancers than traditional mammograms, but at the same time it flags a lot of women who don't have the disease ... Based on the data so far, Kerlikowske said, there is no evidence that the digital technique is more effective... (MSNBC -- Health)
Biggest radiation threat is due to medical scans Jun 15, 2010
Except for mammograms, there are no federal rules on radiation dose. Children and young women, who are most vulnerable to radiation harm, sometimes get too much at busy imaging centers that don't adjust doses for each patient's size. (MSNBC -- Health)
Overcrowded system struggles to keep up Jun 9, 2010
The proportion of women who have a mammogram every two years was static this year at 53 per cent and 00004000 next year's target is just 54 per cent.. Richard Matthews, deputy director-general of NSW Health, said the life-saving service was screening more women, but the proportion remained level because more women were entering the target 50 to 69 age range. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Next Generation CT Scanner Views Whole Organs in a Heartbeat Jun 8, 2010
7, 2008) The discomfort of a mammogram can drive some women to avoid the valuable screening, occasionally with dire consequences. Now a new procedure, dedicated breast computed tomography (CT), promises to. (Science Daily)
Hopes for breast cancer vaccine Jun 7, 2010
A radiologist studies mammograms. American scientists say they have developed a vaccine which has prevented breast cancer from developing in mice. (BBC News -- Health)
Your Health: A spotlight on radiation from suns, scans Jun 7, 2010
The bottom line for you: Get your yearly mammograms, ask your doctor to check your neck for signs of thyroid nodules, and, yes, avoid any further unneeded radiation. That doesn't mean skipping essential scans or fretting about those you have had already. (USA Today -- News)
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center wants to build $24M center Jun 5, 2010
In addition, there would be a small outpatient lab, a womens radiology department for mammograms and bone density tests, and space for physicians to lease. Before the project can proceed, Alvin said the medical center must receive a certificate of need through the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bulldogs take sixth swing at fundraiser Jun 5, 2010
This will be the second year proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to St. Mary's Hospital in Athens for diagnostic equipment to help detect cancer early and to help women afford mammograms. Last year, the event raised $18,000 for the hospital. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Breast Cancer Jun 5, 2010
Monthly self-examination and mammogram can assist in the detection of breast CA in the early stages. Most malignant lumps (cancerous tumors) are painless and may feel firm with irregular shapes. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Local Cancer Survivor on Mission to Warn Others Jun 4, 2010
Actually, if not for a commitment to regularly schedule annual mammograms, her personal tale might have been different ... Now she is on a mission to alert others about the importance of getting regular mammograms. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Queens Pride Parade is more than a celebration Jun 4, 2010
Friday June 04, 2010. Daniel Castellanos, director of the Queens Pride House and Erica Sullivan, Pride House health referral specialist. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
BRCA: Christina Applegate, other women with gene act fast Jun 2, 2010
For most women, doctors advise getting a yearly mammogram beginning at age 40 ... While MRIs are far more sensitive than mammograms, they also increase the risk that a woman will have a mastectomy, according a study from the Mayo Clinic. (USA Today -- News)
Lifestyle Doesn't Affect Breast Cancer Genes Jun 2, 2010
When should women outside high-risk groups start getting mammograms. At age 40. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mother's fight Jun 1, 2010
"There is no evidence to suggest that breast cancer is more aggressive during pregnancy or that becoming pregnant can cause breast cancer. "However, we do know that it can be particularly difficult to investigate and diagnose the disease in pregnant women or those who are breastfeeding as some of the diagnostic tools, such as mammograms or biopsies, may be unsuitable for use during this time. " She says callers to the charity's helpline often say they are confused by the constant breast changes... (BBC News -- UK)
Breast cancer vaccine comes a big step closer Jun 1, 2010
Women must still get mammograms,'' he said. But if successful, researchers hope the vaccine would be offered to women aged over 40 and could prevent up to 70 per cent of breast cancer cases. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Laura Bush from the Heart May 29, 2010
Many, many more women there are now going in for mammograms early, which important, because they were for some reason presenting earlier with breast cancer, and there was a great sigma associated to cancer. But, good news, many more women are going in early so they can detect breast cancer when it is still curable. (Fox News)
From big dreams, big achievements spring May 29, 2010
He cited scientists who created software to read the blurry images coming back from the Hubble telescope and said their creation was then used to help detect cancer in mammograms. "There are women alive today from an algorithm devised to make lemonade out of lemons," Tyson said. (Albany Times Union)
Dont ignore lingering rough or sore spot in mouth May 29, 2010
This week I had a suspicious mammogram on my remaining real breast. I am a wreck waiting for the biopsy. (The Palm Beach Post)
Detection of breast cancer in screening mammography has improved over time May 27, 2010
5 million screening mammograms performed on nearly one million women found discrimination of cancerous from non-cancerous lesions improved over a nine-year period ... The data included 2,542,049 screening mammograms of 971,364 women (age 40 to 79) performed at healthcare facilities throughout the country between 1996 and 2004 ... Analysis of the radiologists' performance in interpreting the mammograms over the nine-year time period revealed an increase in the recall rate, or mammograms resulting... (EurekAlert!)
Administration Pitches Health Care Law Benefits to Seniors May 25, 2010
Beginning next year, the Affordable Care Act ensures that Medicare beneficiaries will get free preventive care services like colorectal cancer screening and mammograms, in addition to a free annual wellness visit. The law also includes new tools to help fight fraud by helping Medicare crack down on criminals who are seeking to scam seniors and steal taxpayer dollars. (Roll Call)
Health Tip: Getting a Mammogram May 22, 2010
(HealthDay News) -- A mammogram is a low-dose x-ray of the breast that's designed to detect or explain abnormalities, including breast cancer. The National Women's Health Information Center describes how a mammogram is performed ... The entire mammogram commonly lasts about 20 minutes. (MEDLINEplus)
An Elderly Woman with Mammographically Detected Early Breast Cancer May 22, 2010
Four weeks earlier, a routine annual mammogram showed multiple microcalcifications in a clustered distribution in the anterior subareolar region of the right breast; they were new since a study the previous year. Two weeks later, a second mammogram confirmed the presence of microcalcifications in the subareolar region of the right breast. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Estrogen-Lowering Drugs Minimize Surgery in Breast Cancer Patients, Study Finds May 22, 2010
Breast surgeon Julie Margenthaler, M.D., looks at a mammogram. Margenthaler was one of the lead investigators in a nationwide trial that tested how estrogen-lowering drugs before breast cancer surgery affected surgical outcomes. (Science Daily)
Round up the usual experts May 22, 2010
Are mammograms good or bad. Is there too much heart surgery. (Albany Times Union)
