Lively Women (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Some women may not need to get a Pap test each year. And teens could skip the test until age 21. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued their newly revised, evidence-based cervical cancer screening guidelines on Friday. They’re published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The new guidelines advise that most women under 30 years old should have...
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Women should not get their first cervical cancer screening before age 21, the leading US group of women's health care professionals said Friday, also recommending less frequent subsequent tests.
ACOG News Releases (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Women should have their first cervical cancer screening at age 21 and can be rescreened less frequently than previously recommended, according to newly revised evidence-based guidelines issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and published in the December issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Most women younger than 30 should undergo cervical screening once every...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | yesterday
Special Report host Bret Baier falsely claimed that recently released cervical cancer screening guidelines were promulgated by a "federal panel," adding that those guidelines "open the door to this conversation about rationing." Additionally, Mara Liasson suggested that that the Senate health care reform bill would implement a task force's recommendations for breast cancer screenings...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
New guidelines say women don't need Pap smears as often as previously thought. Some doctors and women disagree.
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Well, it’s been an interesting week for women’s health issues: earlier this week Giulia noted that a panel is recommending fewer mammograms and starting later, and now, new guidelines are suggesting that women start getting screened for cervical cancer later in life, and that Pap smears are not needed every year. One of the reasons for the change is that overtesting can actually lead to...
Clinical Correlations (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Joshua Strauss, MD In the second decision of its kind and magnitude in a matter of days, a major medical group has again recommended cutting back on cancer screening for women. On the heels of Monday’s USPSTF release on reducing mammography,…
bioethics.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Women can delay having their first Pap test for cervical cancer until they turn 21 and many can wait longer to go back for follow-up screenings, according to new guidelines released Friday by a major medical group. (Washington Post)
ALLCARE-management (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The New York Times reported Friday that the American College of Obstetricians is now advising women to wait until age 21 to get their first Pap smear . The advice is intended to cut down on unneccesary testing and reduce the risk of harmful invasive procedures to remove non-cancerous lesions that may show up on tests but often disappear if left alone, the group said . The new recommendations overturn...
MoreMonmouthMusings (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued new guidelines for PAP smears, saying that women should delay their first test until age 21, and be tested less often than in the past, according to a report in the New York Times . "Arriving on the heels of hotly disputed guidelines calling for less use of mammography, the new recommendations might seem like part of a larger plan...
WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
New guidelines push back age for Pap smears CHICAGO,22 nov 2009– Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment. The guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or ACOG now say women younger than 30...
Medical Futility (Free subscription) | yesterday
From a Friday news conference with Republican Senators: CORNYN : In addition to everything that Senator Kyl and Senator Murkowski have said, I think we all recognize that most of the costs in our health care system are in the end-of-life, with chronic diseases. And to me, the disturbing thing about what we're seeing with regard to mammograms and the possibility that -- is it Medicare will not pay for...
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Answer: Two tests that have for years been touted to save lives but coincidentally have been deemed as somewhat unnecessary now that the government has taken over health care. My mammogram piece is here ; and it asks two rhetorical questions: Why is the government fighting to cut back crucial cancer testing that can save lives, while fighting to pay for abortions, which only ends lives? The second...
And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | yesterday
And here we go, live-blogging the debate in the Senate today about whether to debate. Yes, this all-day rare Saturday session is for the vote tonight at 8 on whether or not to bring Obamacare up for formal debate. Senator Cantewell is up now, taking Landrieu's spot. Landrieu is up soon, supposedly. Stay tuned. Update 11:40 : Senator Cantwell seems to think that since Medicare and Medicaid are going...
Getting Better (Free subscription) | yesterday
Right in the middle of the national firestorm about Mammogram recommendations, the American College of Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new guidelines for screening of cervical cancer. After 40 years of successfully convincing women to get pap smears annually, the new recommendations say women should not get their first pap test until age 21 and the intervals for testing can then be stretched out. The...
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wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > While around seven million people in the UK will make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, research has shown that only one–in–ten will keep their resolution for a whole year. Many people will be focused on giving–up smoking. If you have already given–up on giving–up, all is not lost. Here, Bupa offers health, social and financial suggestions for keeping the toughest...
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