Read more breast cancer stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/566/breast-cancer.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:14:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74670/we-must-reduce-health-care-costs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe brouhaha over mammograms proves that we’ll never corral health care costs for one simple reason: no one wants to give up any care. Intellectually, women may understand that life-threatening breast cancer is pretty rare before age 50, but rare doesn’t mean non-existent. “Many women would rather be safe than...http://www.newser.com/story/74670/we-must-reduce-health-care-costs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74723/women-refuse-to-cut-back-on-mammograms-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn overwhelming majority of American women intend to ignore the recommendation that they get fewer mammograms, with most wildly overestimating their risk of breast cancer. In a new poll, 84% of women aged 35 to 49 say they still intend to get routine mammograms before age 50, in keeping with...http://www.newser.com/story/74723/women-refuse-to-cut-back-on-mammograms-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:30:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74460/mammogram-backdown-hurts-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth secretary Kathleen Sebelius has set back the cause of health care reform in her rush to distance herself from the recommendation of her own department's task force concerning mammograms, writes Steven Pearlstein. The advice that women under 50 shouldn't get annual mammograms was based on science, and Sebelius should...http://www.newser.com/story/74460/mammogram-backdown-hurts-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 1:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74358/welcome-to-the-conspiracy-to-ration-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans are right: the new government guidelines urging women not to have mammograms in their 40s are definitely a nefarious conspiracy to start rationing care. “Whatever happens, we do not want the government conducting any studies on whether current health practices actually do any good,” writes Gail Collins in the...http://www.newser.com/story/74358/welcome-to-the-conspiracy-to-ration-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:28:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74341/new-mammogram-advice-not-us-policy-sebelius.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recommendation from the US Preventative Services Task Force that women in their 40s should not get mammograms is not government policy, said the secretary of Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius tried to tamp down some of the controversy that has followed the panel’s decision, asserting that government insurance...http://www.newser.com/story/74341/new-mammogram-advice-not-us-policy-sebelius.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 17:22:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74192/doctors-blast-new-mammogram-guidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere was an instant backlash from oncologists and gynecologists yesterday after a government panel recommended that that women in their 40s stop getting annual mammograms. “I think it is unfortunate that they came to this conclusion,” the director of imaging at one breast cancer center told the Los Angeles Times...http://www.newser.com/story/74192/doctors-blast-new-mammogram-guidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 7:46:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74172/govt-panel-recommends-fewer-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost women can wait to get their first mammogram at 50 and then should get one every 2 years rather than annually, a powerful health policy group said today. New information led to the recommendations, said a member of the influential task force that reversed a 7-year-old edict urging aggressive...http://www.newser.com/story/74172/govt-panel-recommends-fewer-mammograms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:12:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73868/team-to-launch-tests-to-regrow-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralian scientists are about to launch tests of a new medical technique that they expect will help cancer victims regrow their own breasts and will eventually replace reconstructive surgery. The technique, which involves implanting a device to help fat tissue grow, worked well on pigs and will be tested on...http://www.newser.com/story/73868/team-to-launch-tests-to-regrow-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 3:59:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72456/michelle-pushes-for-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama rejoined the push for health care reform today, making the administration's case in an event at the White House and an online video message. Speaking with Jill Biden at a gathering for breast cancer survivors, Obama decried the fact that patients can’t get insurance because cancer in remission...http://www.newser.com/story/72456/michelle-pushes-for-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 16:08:00 CDT