On AlterNet: mammograms

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "mammograms"

47,000 Women Could Die As a Result of the New Mammogram Guidelines

George Lakoff, AlterNet. November 25, 2009.

Cost-benefit analysis can kill. Scaling back on mammograms, as a government task force suggested, could result in 47,000 unnecessary deaths.

Why the New Breast Cancer Guidelines Are Racist

Devona Walker, The Loop. November 23, 2009.

Black women get breast cancer at younger ages, but the new breast-cancer guidelines entirely ignore that fact. This is the very definition of institutionalized racism.

Why It Can Take a Year to Get a Mammogram in the U.S.

Abby Christopher, AlterNet. December 4, 2008.

More radiologists are shying away from breast imaging, creating longer waits that may be leading women to put off or forgo screenings.