Of course! New findings re : do mammos, etc.

iodine

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100104/sc_livescience/newmammogramguidelinesissuedagain

Just another position ---  but hey, this one takes into account the newer screeings and criteria for for women with possible indications.

TenderIsOurMight

From the article:

"The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent government agency made up of 16 primary care physicians and public health specialists, in November recommended breast cancer screening every other year for women aged 50 to 74. They argued against routine screening before this age.

That was counter to their own guidelines from 2002, D'Orsi said.

"All of a sudden, with no new data - ignoring the fact that there are seven trials that demonstrate a drop in breast cancer mortality with use of mammography versus no mammography, plus that breast cancer mortality has dropped 30 percent - they come out with a recommendation that no screening be done at age 40 to 49," D'Orsi told LiveScience.

He added, "Basically they said nothing is good. Just wait until it breaks through your skin and we'll take care of it. That's what we did in 1940."

In fact, the task force did note a 15-percent reduction in mortality among those ages 40 to 49 who are screened," D'Orsi and colleagues wrote in their research paper. But they stated the harms outweigh the benefits. These harms include: anxiety over false positive results, the screening itself, need for additional testing or biopsy, and the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment."

Thanks for posting this iodine. 

Tender