i'm really speechless about this article. i don't have any trouble with them advising cutting back on routine mammograms. after all, i had a mammogram 6 months before i found my lump and it didn't show up at all.
no, the thing that really bothers me is this quote: "The new guidelines also recommend against teaching women to do regular self-exams and concluded that there is insufficient evidence to recommend that doctors do the exams..."
You. Are. Kidding. Me.
the potential trouble with health insurance companies aside, what the hell are they thinking??? i haven't read such hogwash in years. if the doctor doesn't do the exam and the women aren't told how to do it, how does the lump get caught and questioned before it's too late? i'm just appalled at this advice.
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