Comments on: Mammogram Controversy – Does More Harm Than Good Mean We Ignore the Good? http://www.studentstuff.com/2009/11/20/mammogram-controversy/ Your College, Brought to You by College Students. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: alicia http://www.studentstuff.com/2009/11/20/mammogram-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-272 alicia Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:12:59 +0000 http://www.studentstuff.com/?p=5109#comment-272 I was definitely thinking about pregnancy tests when I wrote this. I don't think you'd meet anyone who has taken a serious test and thought, "Man, was that a waste of time." I think this recommendation is both uniformed and not what it seems. The most frustrating part is that if people just hear the news and don't attempt to interpret it, they are likely to say, "oh, okay. No mammograms until I'm 50," without any sort of critical thought. We have to actively think about what we hear, and I'm worried not a lot of people are doing this. I was definitely thinking about pregnancy tests when I wrote this. I don’t think you’d meet anyone who has taken a serious test and thought, “Man, was that a waste of time.” I think this recommendation is both uniformed and not what it seems.

The most frustrating part is that if people just hear the news and don’t attempt to interpret it, they are likely to say, “oh, okay. No mammograms until I’m 50,” without any sort of critical thought. We have to actively think about what we hear, and I’m worried not a lot of people are doing this.

]]> By: Robert http://www.studentstuff.com/2009/11/20/mammogram-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Robert Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.studentstuff.com/?p=5109#comment-262 When my girlfriend got a false positive on a pregnancy test, now that was stressful... but do I think she shouldn't have done it? Not a chance. One of our friends is Jenn Lyon from Survivor fame. She's now mid 30s but has been battling breast cancer since 2005. She's wished she had had a mammogram in her 20s... This is a stupid recommendation from the Task Force, one that competent doctors are running away from, and one that I am afraid will become all too common as rationed care makes its way through the Senate. It's an issue that ultimately affects everyone because we're young today and old tomorrow. When my girlfriend got a false positive on a pregnancy test, now that was stressful… but do I think she shouldn’t have done it? Not a chance. One of our friends is Jenn Lyon from Survivor fame. She’s now mid 30s but has been battling breast cancer since 2005. She’s wished she had had a mammogram in her 20s… This is a stupid recommendation from the Task Force, one that competent doctors are running away from, and one that I am afraid will become all too common as rationed care makes its way through the Senate. It’s an issue that ultimately affects everyone because we’re young today and old tomorrow.

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