tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9593302.post8022769352048541520..comments2024-02-14T20:41:31.962-08:00Comments on Natural Health News: Women kept in the dark when it comes to their healthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073710851277872074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9593302.post-23878708062029254922011-06-12T16:52:57.862-07:002011-06-12T16:52:57.862-07:00thanks for the news, please visit my site as wellthanks for the news, please visit my site as wellAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231554895545903980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9593302.post-73749709904194009122009-02-24T09:11:00.000-08:002009-02-24T09:11:00.000-08:00Availabe to readers in March, by donation, our fac...Availabe to readers in March, by donation, our fact sheet on the risks of mammogram<BR/><BR/>D. Mail 20.2.09 <BR/><B>"CANCER SCREENING 'BLIGHTS TEN LIVES FOR EVERY ONE SAVED</B>' "<BR/><BR/>1000s of women have unnecessary surgery, chemotherapy & radiotherapy as a result of routine mammogram breast cancer screening, doctors warned in The UK's Times on 19 Feb. 09. <BR/><BR/>For each woman whose life is saved, 10 healthy ones needlessly receive mastectomies & other treatment, a study found. <BR/><BR/>Experts said the NHS should do more to warn women of the high risk of a false positive. <BR/><BR/>23 doctors, surgeons, academics & health specialists claimed on 19 Feb. that "There is evidence to show that up to half of all cancers & their precursor lesions found by screening might not lead to any harm to the woman. Yet if found at screening, they potentially label the woman as a cancer patient: She may then be subjected to the unnecessary traumas of surgery, radiotherapy & perhaps chemotherapy, as well as suffer the potential for serious social & psychological problems." <BR/><BR/>Dr. Paul Pharoah, Cancer Research UK Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Cambridge Uni, & Prof. Michael Baum, Emeritus Prof. of Surgery, University College London, were among the experts who wrote this letter to "The Times." <BR/><BR/>They said none of the invitations for screening come close to telling the truth & that women are being unintentionally manipulated into attending.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073710851277872074noreply@blogger.com