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Sat Nov-21-09 09:27 AM
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| 31. Hear, hear. Enough with the pink-ribbon shit. |
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We're way overdosed on "breast cancer AWARENESS" and woefully miseducated on "breast cancer FACTS."
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| -Addicted to Mammograms |
tonysam |
Nov-20-09 08:39 PM |
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I want to see a study of the number of women who got a mammo between |
babylonsister |
Nov-20-09 08:49 PM |
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Maybe this is unusual |
Bitwit1234 |
Nov-20-09 09:22 PM |
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I had a friend who found a lump on her relatively flat chest |
babylonsister |
Nov-20-09 09:35 PM |
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Mine found at 49. |
emilyg |
Nov-20-09 10:34 PM |
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fewer than those that undergo unnecessary treatment because of false positives. |
alarimer |
Nov-21-09 05:52 PM |
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Oh Fucking Horsecock |
catnhatnh |
Nov-20-09 08:50 PM |
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PLEASE read the article before you criticize. |
Berry Cool |
Nov-20-09 08:56 PM |
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Read the article, please. |
tonysam |
Nov-20-09 08:59 PM |
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PS |
Bitwit1234 |
Nov-20-09 09:25 PM |
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The article does not SAY they are "fun." |
Berry Cool |
Nov-21-09 09:23 AM |
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Laser mammography has been available for about a decade now |
Recursion |
Nov-21-09 09:24 AM |
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There are some very anti-mammogram people here |
Robyn66 |
Nov-20-09 09:57 PM |
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No, that's not true. |
tonysam |
Nov-20-09 10:14 PM |
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Thank you! K&R |
Berry Cool |
Nov-20-09 08:54 PM |
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So stop the overtreatment, not the early detection |
sandnsea |
Nov-20-09 09:11 PM |
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This is not true. |
FLyellowdog |
Nov-20-09 11:48 PM |
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Agressive breast cancer is completely different |
sandnsea |
Nov-21-09 12:27 AM |
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I'm sure my friend will be glad to hear this. |
FLyellowdog |
Nov-21-09 12:47 AM |
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Hers could have been growing for years |
sandnsea |
Nov-21-09 02:10 AM |
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So? Are all these studies being released sponsored by insurance companies |
geckosfeet |
Nov-20-09 09:00 PM |
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There is no evidence the breast cancer panel was bought off. |
tonysam |
Nov-20-09 09:01 PM |
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Yep |
catnhatnh |
Nov-20-09 09:09 PM |
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Yes. No evidence that prevention saves lives. Hogwash. |
geckosfeet |
Nov-20-09 10:26 PM |
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But, in fact, there's no evidence that it does in this case |
Recursion |
Nov-21-09 09:26 AM |
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Only the countless stories of women under 40 who had their cancers detected and lives saved. |
geckosfeet |
Nov-21-09 09:38 AM |
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Well, the issue is with "and lives saved" |
Recursion |
Nov-21-09 09:40 AM |
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The panel never said that, if you had bothered to read the report |
tonysam |
Nov-21-09 10:25 AM |
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Women's health groups have been saying this for years. |
uberblonde |
Nov-20-09 09:06 PM |
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Because people think the worst, and now that there may be some kind of health care reform |
tonysam |
Nov-20-09 09:11 PM |
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There's an inexplicable resistance to laser mammography |
Recursion |
Nov-21-09 09:28 AM |
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False positives |
get the red out |
Nov-20-09 09:36 PM |
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Hear, hear. Enough with the pink-ribbon shit. |
Berry Cool |
Nov-21-09 09:27 AM |
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Did you read Ehrenreich's book? |
Recursion |
Nov-21-09 09:30 AM |
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No, I had no idea |
get the red out |
Nov-21-09 04:40 PM |
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Unless of course the title of the OP is a lie |
catnhatnh |
Nov-20-09 09:54 PM |
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The article, I repeat, is NOT about women who get mammograms over and over |
Berry Cool |
Nov-21-09 09:25 AM |
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This Is A Huge Problem In Health Care Policy |
MannyGoldstein |
Nov-20-09 10:09 PM |
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I once heard a salesman of medical equipment call a local talk show. |
Peregrine Took |
Nov-20-09 11:54 PM |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
Nov-21-09 09:28 AM |
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Good piece. nt |
bemildred |
Nov-21-09 10:10 AM |
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I agree |
tonysam |
Nov-21-09 10:27 AM |
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I think this is one of those issues you aren't allowed to discuss on here |
JonQ |
Nov-21-09 04:54 PM |
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