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“Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board.” By Nikola Biller-Andorno, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Jüni, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine. In January 2013, the Swiss Medical Board, an independent health technology assessment initiative under the auspices of the Conference of Health Ministers of the Swiss Cantons, the Swiss Medical . . . → Read More: Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board 
For many years, researchers have explored possible “biomarkers” for breast cancer. These are molecules that would allow clinicians to easily test for breast cancer with non-invasive, less costly diagnostic tests. In addition to diagnostics, the identification of certain biomarkers (e.g. Her2Neu) has revealed different types of breast cancer that have significantly better or worse outcomes. . . . → Read More: Future Blood Test for Breast Cancer?
“Gender-Based Analysis Is Essential to Improving Women’s Health and Health Care.” By Chloe Bird and Zena Sharman, Women’s Health Issues. Although women are the majority of the population, their health and health care are at times treated as a special case or minority issue in terms of research funding and practice. Without sufficient data, attempts . . . → Read More: Gender-Based Analysis Is Essential to Improving Women’s Health and Health Care
“Wounded by the Language of War” by Paula Span, The New York Times. When did the language we use to talk about death start to resemble a Pentagon briefing, full of military references and combat analogies? Maybe it dates to 1971, when Richard Nixon declared a “war on cancer.” Or much earlier, in the late . . . → Read More: Wounded by the Language of War
“Look for Cancer, and Find It” by Denise Grady, The New York Times Well Blog. Mammography has become a fighting word in recent years, with some researchers questioning its value and others staunchly defending it. One especially disturbing criticism is that screening mammography may lead to “overtreatment,” in which some women go through grueling therapies . . . → Read More: Look for Cancer, and Find It
“Nuanced balance is not easily communicated on latest mammography study” by Gary Schwitzer, Health News Review. “A Systematic Assessment of Benefits and Risks to Guide Breast Cancer Screening Decisions” was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors wrote: “Mammography screening appears to be associated with reduced breast cancer mortality, . . . → Read More: Nuanced balance is not easily communicated on latest mammography study
“Mammography for Black Women: Why I Won’t Be Silent Anymore.” By Tracy Weitz, The Source, Breast Cancer Action. Back in February, a new study, this one published in the BMJ, again questioned the value of screening mammography in the general population . This is a “gold standard” study with a large randomized sample followed over . . . → Read More: Mammography for Black Women: Why I Won’t Be Silent Anymore 
Christopher Hitchens, a profound thinker and prolific author, writes his final book, Mortality (2012), about his life-ending illness. In describing the intimate experience of “livingly dying” with metastatic, esophageal cancer, Hitchens offers a highly personal narrative, sometimes poetic, and somewhat ironically, filled with humor. His fun and graceful use of language gives readers permission to . . . → Read More: Book Review: Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
“Why the Sun’s breast check campaign may actually harm women” by Margaret McCartney, British Medical Journal. It’s “Page 3 v breast cancer,” sang the Sun’s front page, accompanied by a young woman naked apart from knickers, hand on mammary, to launch its “check ’em Tuesday” campaign. The newspaper, keen to shift attention from widespread . . . → Read More: Why the Sun’s breast check campaign may actually harm women
“Assessing and Addressing Women’s Health and Health Care.” By Chloe E. Bird, Rand Health Blog. Women make up a majority of the U.S. population. Yet research policies and practices often treat women’s health and health care as special topics or minority issues. The resulting knowledge gaps hamstring efforts to improve women’s health care and outcomes . . . → Read More: Assessing and Addressing Women’s Health and Health Care |
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