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Final Health Reform Bill Likely To Cover More Frequent Mammograms Than USPSTF Recommends

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance
Article Date: 14 Jan 2010 – 4:00 PST
 Under pressure from doctors, some women’s groups and imaging equipment makers, lawmakers are likely to require coverage for more mammograms in health reform legislation than is currently recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the Wall Street [...]

Thermography Video from Fox 10

FOX 10’s Laura Sambol introduces us to Digital Thermography, but we do want to let you know, that there are some medical images that may not be for everyone in the family.

New Mammogram Recommendations

E. Huff, as staff writer at NaturalNews.com, wrote an interesting article explaining the data behind the new mammogram recommendations.  
Here’s a quote from the article:
“Several years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (PSTF) issued an updated set of recommendations about mammogram screenings, suggesting which and how often women should get them. Since the last [...]

Mammograms & Thermography — Panel’s recommendation has merit.

Mammograms & Thermography — Panel’s recommendation has merit.
The two techniques look at different things. Thermography looks at abnormal blood vessel formation, which is an early event in the life of a cancer. Mammography looks at masses (1 centimeter or larger) and calcification patterns, which are later developments.
Each has reliability in the recent literature of around [...]