After being told the opposite for decades, this week women were told less mammograms are better and breast self exams are useless. But not everyone agrees and some breast cancer survivors are lashing out at the new recommendations.
The new guidelines come from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts convened by the Department of Health and Human Services. The task force reviewed evidence it considers solid and found that:
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That’s what the CDC is saying. In fact, the updated figures are triple the estimates the CDC issued just last week.
According to the new numbers, about 4,000 Americans, including 540 children, have died of H1N1 flu, and 22 million people have been infected since April, when the novel flu virus first surfaced. Contrary to initial impressions, health officials insist the increase does not mean that the disease has suddenly become more deadly or severe.
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