Told you so!: Push Back Age of Cervical Cancer Tests (Reagan, health care)
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CHICAGO — Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment.
The guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or ACOG now say women younger than 30 should undergo cervical cancer screening once every two years instead of an annual exam. And those age 30 and older can be screened once every three years.
The recommendations are based on scientific evidence that suggests more frequent testing leads to overtreatment, which can harm a young woman's chances of carrying a child full term.
I hate to say it but I told you all that is how it started in Europe and before you know it more and more cut's will come in the form of advise that we all the time were checked to often...Next colon screenings and your doctor will tell you not to come to the doctor if you haven't gotten a fever for 5 days...
Do I have a magic bol or can I forsee the future? hell no just simple telling you what socialist health care is about without lying as Obama is doing!
And the American Cancer Society has come out in full support of this recommendation, as well as stating they will come out with their own recommendations in the near future.
This is about science. Medicine is a science.
The recommendations regarding mammograms and pap smears are not based on politics, they are based on science.
And the American Cancer Society has come out in full support of this recommendation, as well as stating they will come out with their own recommendations in the near future.
This is about science. Medicine is a science.
The recommendations regarding mammograms and pap smears are not based on politics, they are based on science.
HAHAHAHA -- sure based on science. That's a joke, can you imagine if the Bush administration was trying to cut back on spending by cutting these tests out? You would have seen politics big time.
HAHAHAHA -- sure based on science. That's a joke, can you imagine if the Bush administration was trying to cut back on spending by cutting these tests out? You would have seen politics big time.
It's not about cutting these tests out. Have you actually read any of the recommendations or the accompanying reports? Take a deep breath and try to remember that not everything is about a Republican/Democratic agenda.
And think about the previous recommendation, which was to start pap smears three years after a woman becomes sexually active, or at age 21, whichever comes first. So women who become sexually active at seventeen or younger are being told they can wait a year or two longer. Why? Because when you are using a screening test, the test only screens for irregularities. Irregularities that are common, and the more invasive tests and treatments can lead to infertility or to women not being able to carry a pregnancy full-term. Those are the harms. The benefits, that the pap smears administered prior to the age of 21 statistically identify a cancer in one out of one million cases. A cancer that may be identified anyway when a young woman has irregular periods, unexpected bleeding, vaginal pain, and a doctor administers the pap smear as a precaution.
CHICAGO — Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment.
The guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists or ACOG now say women younger than 30 should undergo cervical cancer screening once every two years instead of an annual exam. And those age 30 and older can be screened once every three years.
The recommendations are based on scientific evidence that suggests more frequent testing leads to overtreatment, which can harm a young woman's chances of carrying a child full term.
I hate to say it but I told you all that is how it started in Europe and before you know it more and more cut's will come in the form of advise that we all the time were checked to often...Next colon screenings and your doctor will tell you not to come to the doctor if you haven't gotten a fever for 5 days...
Do I have a magic bol or can I forsee the future? hell no just simple telling you what socialist health care is about without lying as Obama is doing!
It's not about cutting these tests out. Have you actually read any of the recommendations or the accompanying reports? Take a deep breath and try to remember that not everything is about a Republican/Democratic agenda.
And think about the previous recommendation, which was to start pap smears three years after a woman becomes sexually active, or at age 21, whichever comes first. So women who become sexually active at seventeen or younger are being told they can wait a year or two longer. Why? Because when you are using a screening test, the test only screens for irregularities. Irregularities that are common, and the more invasive tests and treatments can lead to infertility or to women not being able to carry a pregnancy full-term. Those are the harms. The benefits, that the pap smears administered prior to the age of 21 statistically identify a cancer in one out of one million cases. A cancer that may be identified anyway when a young woman has irregular periods, unexpected bleeding, vaginal pain, and a doctor administers the pap smear as a precaution.
If an insurance agent had justified denying a claim based on the same information, the liberals would be using that to demand more government care.
Nothing has changed but the politics, the chance of cancer didn't increase or decrease, the risks haven't increased or increased, it's the fact that the government takeover of health care means the government decides who gets what and when. When it's the government, it's all about politics.
It's much like when the Reagan administration classified ketchup because it is made from tomatoes as a vegetable and the liberals screamed bloody murder over it but when the Clinton administration did the exact same thing with salsa, the liberals quickly nodded their heads in full agreement.
It's all politics and the government takeover of our health guarantees our health and health care will be all about politics.
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