"Just John H" wrote in message
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I'm sure glad my daughter got her mammogram, which discovered the
cancerous tumor in her breast, at age 37.

Looks like the 'Bama folks would have everyone wait 'til age 50.

My daughter would probably be dead.

Thanks, Mr. President.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16...ges/index.html

or: http://tinyurl.com/yzqlt67

"The task force is composed of 16 health care experts, none of whom
are oncologists."

Pretty smart people though....


It's a matter of policy vs. specific women's health. Most places are
ignoring the recommendations, basically saying that it should be up to the
woman to decide if it's worth the risk of false positives, which can lead to
rather invasive investigations.

I can certainly understand your concern about your daughter, but even under
the previous guidelines, the exam that discovered her problem wouldn't have
been a consideration unless she was in a higher risk category or something
was found with a regular exam.

You can make it as political as you want, but that isn't based in reality.
They are totally independent.

Secondarily, or perhaps primarily, this is a woman's decision in
consultation with her doctor, and so is choosing to or choosing not to
continue a pregancy. From your previous comments, there's a stench of
hypocrisy.

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