Reply To: Political Statements
“In cash-strapped California, public health officials announced this week that the state’s government-provided mammogram program, “Every Woman Counts” for low-income women will no longer screen women below age 50.”
Great. I don’t particularly know or care about US politics, but I read New Scientist, and I’m pretty sure I read that mammograms earlier than that and the unnecessary interventions and stress that go along with them generally do more harm than good. Of course, if somebody finds a lump during self-examination and/or has a family history of early breast cancer, it’d be worthwhile.