Weekly Pulse: Crunch Time in the Senate

By: Wednesday November 25, 2009 11:34 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is determined to get a health care bill passed in the Senate by Christmas.

In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40

By: Tuesday November 17, 2009 7:24 am

In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40. The bottom line recommendation for women under 50 (with specific exceptions) is to no longer have routine screening mammograms, Women 50 to 74 should have mammograms less frequently — every two years, rather than every year. And it said doctors should stop teaching women to examine their breasts on a regular basis.or carry out breast self examinations.

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