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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force stories: 4 news summaries
Gail Collins

Welcome to
the Conspiracy
to Ration Mammograms

Don't you dare deny us unnecessary tests!

Nov 19, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Republicans 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... More »

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breast cancer • preventative medicine • rationing • mammogram • Gail Collins • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Doctors Blast New Mammogram Guidelines

Cancer societies, gynecologists won't follow government's lead

Nov 17, 09 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - There 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 More »

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breast cancer • American Cancer Society • gynecology • oncology • mammogram • cancer screening • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Depression Screening for All Teens Worries Parents

Task force calls for adolescent testing with focus on psychotherapy instead of drugs

May 26, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal task force recommendation that all adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 be screened for depression is causing controversy among parents and pediatricians, the Washington Post reports. Critics fear the amount of antidepressant drugs prescribed to teens will rise massively, although the Preventive Services Task Force stressed... More »

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depression • antidepressant • mental health • pediatrics • pediatricians • adolescents • teenager • suicide prevention • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

 Panel: Don't Screen
 Older Men for
 Prostate Cancer

Treatment may be more harmful than helpful after the age of 74

Aug 5, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • PSA • American Urological Association • Veterans Administration • prostate-specific antigen • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

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