Topic: Mammography
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-22 19:18:25
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for uninsured women in their 40s, a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women released on Monday found. The Avon survey of more than 150 breast cancer health educators and providers from 48 states and Washington, D.C. found a ...
AP News | 2010-02-01 20:40:58
<div id="subtitle">Hefty charges drag down Hologic's fiscal 1st-quarter profit, but results top expectations</div><div><p>Hologic Inc., which makes mammogram systems and other women's health diagnostic tools, said Monday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 32 percent, hurt by charges and continued capital spending restraint by hospitals.< ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-29 19:54:33
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some elderly women with severe cognitive impairment are getting mammography breast cancer screening even though they are unlikely to ever benefit from it, a new study finds.</p><p>Researchers found that among more than 2,100 U.S. women age 70 and older, 18 percent ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-21 20:15:28
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newer digital mammograms may deliver significantly lower radiation doses than conventional film mammograms, especially for women with larger and denser breasts, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.</p><p>A study of nearly 50,000 women that compared digital mammography systems to film mammograms found the radiation dose ...
