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I think it's a vast right wing conspiracy designed to eliminate soccer moms from the voting pool! After all, the Republican health plan is for people to "die quickly" right?Oh lordy, here we go again. I can see it now.
A few days ago the group issued new recommendations of breast cancer screening, and everyone went nuts.
This morning- they issued new recommendations on cervical cancer screening- PAP smears- and recommended fewer of them, based on the scientific data.
I can see the arrows flying already.....
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New cervical cancer screening guidelines released
By Saundra Young, CNN Medical Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) releases new guidelines Friday, saying women don't need their first cervical cancer screening -- or Pap test -- until they're 21 years old. And, they don't need followup examinations as often as previously recommended.
According to the guidelines, women younger than 30 should be screened every two years, instead of annually. Women 30 or older can be examined once every three years.
"The tradition of doing a Pap test every year has not been supported by recent scientific evidence," said Dr. Alan G. Waxman, who developed the document for ACOG's Committee on Practice Bulletins-Gynecology. "A review of the evidence to date shows that screening at less frequent intervals prevents cervical cancer just as well, has decreased costs, and avoids unnecessary interventions that could be harmful."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/20/cervical.cancer.guidelines/
Might be time to invest in Oxycontin stock.
Maybe when I retire. Don't want to lose my job over a little weed!Or medical marijuana![]()
Not to possess sillyMaybe when I retire. Don't want to lose my job over a little weed!![]()
Not to possess silly
Is investing in Legal Medical Marijuana stock illegal?![]()
Guess what else won't be covered by government controlled healthcare? First mamograms, now CT Scans. All they need now is the study showing MRI's are unnecessary in 75% of the cases and the trifecta will be complete.Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, study shows
Each year that today's scanners are used, 14,500 deaths could result, researchers say. When healthy people are exposed to the radiation, the imaging may create more problems than it solves.
Widespread overuse of CT scans and variations in radiation doses caused by different machines -- operated by technicians following an array of procedures -- are subjecting patients to high radiation doses that will ultimately lead to tens of thousands of new cancer cases and deaths, researchers reported today.
Several recent studies have suggested that patients have been unnecessarily exposed to radiation from CTs or have received excessive amounts, but two new studies published Tuesday in the Archives of Internal Medicine are the first to quantify the extent of exposure and the related risks.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-sci-ct-scans15-2009dec15,0,3370000.story