By Johnnie Ham, MD, MBA
Original Article at Mercola.com

Many women are completely unaware that the science backing the use of mammograms is sketchy at best. As was revealed in a 2011 meta-analysis by the Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, mammography breast cancer screening led to 30 percent overdiagnosis and overtreatment, which equates to an absolute risk [...]

Thursday, July 28, 2011 by: S. L. Baker, features writer
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, which analyzes mammography images and marks suspicious areas for radiologists to review, has been widely hyped and pushed on women as a way to insure invasive breast cancer is spotted on mammograms. And it has grown into a huge industry, adding millions [...]

JAMA. 2005 Mar 9;293(10):1245-56.
Elmore JG, Armstrong K, Lehman CD, Fletcher SW.
Source
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. jelmore@u.washington.edu
Abstract
CONTEXT:
Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available.
OBJECTIVES:
To review breast cancer screening, especially in the community and to examine [...]

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 [...]