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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (35884)4/17/2014 10:23:59 AM
From: gamesmistress  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
I am 58 and have had one mammogram in my life. There is no breast cancer in my family and I never felt any lumps so I didn't see the point. I have lived through the "eat margarine instead of butter, it's healthier" and "eggs are bad for your cholesterol" scares, etc., and now am very skeptical of what "experts" say. I try different approaches and see what works for me.

If doctors start telling women that mammograms are not as useful in preventing death by breast cancer as was thought, eventually they'll stop asking for one every year or 5 years. But if it's "free", they'll probably still want one. Just in case.



To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (35884)4/17/2014 11:22:18 AM
From: i-node  Respond to of 42652
 
>> This is why we can’t get the public to accept changes to screening mammograms

I think the REAL reason is that women have been told for years they need to have it done. My wife, who has had them every year for as long as I remember, wouldn't think of not having one. It doesn't matter what the underlying statistics are. Early detection makes sense to her.


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