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show first aired November 26, 2009
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Chances are that before this month, you had never heard of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. But since they released a report that drastically changed their guidelines toward mammograms and breast cancer screening, they’ve been the talk of the health care community. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll sample some of the very loud feedback caused by the new recommendations. Then we’ll meet an author, speaker and chef...and find out how a diagnosis of Juvenile Diabetes changed his life. A change he says was for the good.
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TO MAMMOGRAM OR NOT TO MAMMOGRAM
Doctors, cancer advocacy groups and even the White House are expressing concern about new screening recommendations issued last week by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The task force, which is a federal advisory board, said that women should not begin routine mammograms until age 50, contradicting the well-established advice that women 40 and older should be screened. Besides the obvious health implications, there are financial matters at stake...big ones. The Health Show’s Susan Barnett reports.
More On The New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
I wanted to discuss these new recommendations with you Nina and with our guest, Dr. Andrew Warheit, a founding member of Albany Advanced Imaging and an attending radiologist at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, New York. Dr. Warheit is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology. Nina, first thing I wanted to talk about was the task forces recommendation that breast self examination no longer be taught to women.
The Diabetic Chef
Chris Smith had a plan. After being diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes in 1993 he’s gone on to write a couple of books and give hundreds of classes and seminars on not only healthy cooking...but healthy living as The Diabetic Chef.
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