The mammogram myth - How all our massive screening efforts for breast cancer can cause the very disease they are intended to detect. ...

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Mammograms - Q:I am 47. My doctor is pressing me to have mammograms every other year. What evidence is there that it can help prevent cancer? M S, Hitchin. ...

The informed mammogram - Make sure your doctor knows that just because you don't want a mammogram, it doesn't mean you don't want your breasts checked. You can tell your docto...

Mammograms: - Could they have helped kylie? - In the week that pop star Kylie Minogue announced that she has breast cancer, a new study from her homeland Australia remains dubious that earlier mam...

Junior Doctors: It’s true, they don’t really know what they are doing - If you’ve ever spent any time in hospital, you’ve probably been treated by a junior doctor. And, inevitably, your chances of suffering malpractice or...

Cancer test smeared - A new test for cervical cancer, a supposed improvement over the pap smear tests now used, has shown a high rate of false positives. ...

Mammograms: up to no good - Mammogram screening programmes should be abandoned because of the unnecessary harm they cause and the cost of them, senior medical researchers have re...