Y! Health Breast Cancer News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Breast Cancer News, updated continuously. en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:01:12 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Yahoo! Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif Women Should Ignore New Mammogram Guideline, Ex-NIH Chief Says (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/womenshouldignorenewmammogramguidelineexnihchiefsays.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/womenshouldignorenewmammogramguidelineexnihchiefsaysMon, 23 Nov 2009 14:04:08 PSTHealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The fallout from last week's controversial recommendation that women delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer continues, with a former head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health advising women to ignore the guidelines.Task Force Member Defends Mammography Guidelines (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/taskforcememberdefendsmammographyguidelines.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/taskforcememberdefendsmammographyguidelinesSun, 22 Nov 2009 22:39:01 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Responding to the uproar over revised mammogram recommendations unveiled earlier this week, a member of the independent task force that crafted the recommendations defended them Thursday, saying they were based on the most current, accurate information available.Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_health_care_mammograms.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_health_care_mammogramsSun, 22 Nov 2009 12:41:05 PSTAP - Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_health_care_women_s_tests.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_health_care_women_s_testsSat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:03 PSTAP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_med_fewer_pap_smears.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_med_fewer_pap_smearsFri, 20 Nov 2009 10:27:26 PSTAP - First mammograms. Now — in an apparent coincidence — Pap smears.New cervical cancer screening guidelines: report (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthuscancercervical_20091120153018.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthuscancercervical_20091120153018Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:28:32 PSTAFP - Days after controversy erupted over new breast cancer screening guidelines, a US health group has said women should wait longer to get their first cervical cancer test.Mammography: What to Do Now? (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/mammographywhattodonow.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/mammographywhattodonowWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:48:57 PSTHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- When a U.S. government task force recommended that women wait until they're 50 to get their first mammogram to check for breast cancer, reaction was swift.U.S. official says mammograms policy unchanged (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_cancer_breast_screening.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_cancer_breast_screeningWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:41:58 PSTReuters - U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed.Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/criss_male_breast_cancer.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/criss_male_breast_cancerWed, 18 Nov 2009 07:32:34 PSTAP - Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.US anger at new age rules for breast cancer tests (AFP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/afp/healthuscancerbreast.htmlyahoo/health/news/afp/healthuscancerbreastTue, 17 Nov 2009 18:45:42 PSTAFP - Doctors and experts are in uproar over new recommendations to raise the age of breast cancer screening, warning more women will die from the disease which already claims some 40,000 lives each year.