MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'breast screening'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105941&cid=t_148358_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fyou-dont-have-a-good-reason-to-avoid-a-mammogram%2F What’s your reason for not getting a mammogram? Well, whatever it is, it’s not a good one. There is no good reason to avoid regular mammograms or annual breast screening. I am hearing a lot of reasons why women have not been getting their breasts screened annually after the age of 40, and I can absolutely confirm that I haven’t heard a good one yet. Most, if not all, breast experts and cancer organizations are sticking to the original guidelines of annual mammograms after age 40. Dr. Kristi Funk confirmed this when I spoke to her recently, and the American Cancer Society, among others, continues to recommend these guidelines. Mammograms save lives: They provide the best tool for early detection, and we don’t have a better method as yet. An MRI might actually provide better insight... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105941 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:12:42 +0100 4105941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965360&cid=t_148358_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F07%2Fquality-in-primary-care-2010-vol-18-no-4%2F This article considers the recent evidence which examines the factors that are associated with uptake of cervical and breast screening in the British South Asian community and considers the effectiveness of interventions to improve uptake in this group. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Breast Screening, Cancer, Cervical Screening, Literature Review, South Asians (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965360 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:11:23 +0100 3965360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942740&cid=t_148358_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F07%2Fquality-in-primary-care-2010-vol-18-no-4%2F This article considers the recent evidence which examines the factors that are associated with uptake of cervical and breast screening in the British South Asian community and considers the effectiveness of interventions to improve uptake in this group. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Breast Screening, Cancer, Cervical Screening, Literature Review, South Asians (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942740 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:11:23 +0100 3942740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1117866&cid=t_148358_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fhighest-breast-cancer-risk-hispanic.html This study performed by the Northern California Cancer Center had methods of design where they sought "patients younger than 65 years with newly diagnosed breast cancer and meeting defined eligibility criteria, and their family members, were enrolled This analysis is based on women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2003. Patients were identified through the population-based Greater San Francisco Bay Area Cancer Registry, which ascertains all incident cancers as part of the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) program and the California Cancer Registry. We recruited patients with oversampling of patients having characteristics suggesting an inherited basis for their cancers.In stage 1 of sampling, we administered a brief telephone ... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117866 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:10:00 +0100 1117866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=893315&cid=t_148358_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fjust-saw-bracanalysis-ad-on-abc-7.html First off, please vote on my site. "How Much Would You Pay For Your Genome! For those of you who live in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. You are in for a treat! I just saw the confusing, puzzle like ad for BRACanalysis (The BRCA tests by Myriad)Do you remember those tile shifting puzzles where you have to move all the pieces the right way to get a clear picture. This is actually a perfect metaphor for this ad. It shows women of every race and age all in blocks. The boxes look exactly like the aforementioned puzzle.Each woman says a different thing and they all blend together. From "My mother has breast cancer" to "my father's sister has breast cancer" they make it seem that all breast cancer can be detected by this test. The commercial states BRACanalysis B. R. A. C. "Be Ready Agai... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=893315 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:18:00 +0100 893315