Death Panels Already Beginning

[Michael Hardner]

Michael Hardner and GostHacked - You're both right in correcting Shady when he alleges that these new recommendations (which were altered within days after wholesale rejection from all relevant medical agencies and organizations) will lead to denial of healthcare services to women. Where you're both wrong (or just uninformed) is where you both suggest that anybody will be implementing these new guidelines (again, guidelines that were altered days after their release due to their stupidity) in any way, shape, or form. This story is now dead.

Cheers.

Thanks for the clarification. And as ever, my efforts are primarily directed to pushing the debate away from the arena of the inflammatory so that real debate can happen.

We are not Fox News, CNN and Al Jazeera here, we're people taking part in discussions.

[naomiglover]

So there you have it women. Don't bother getting ANY mammograms during YOUR 40'S! Wait untill YOU'RE 50! The Obama led task force (Death Panel) says so.

What will be next?

You are embarrassing to read.

[Canadian Blue]

Death panels have existed for a long time in the United States Shady.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009685301_harrop19.html

What I love is reading the "pro-life" politicians who are opposed to any additional funding for healthcare. Despite going on about how government intervention is required to ensure women don't have abortions, they want no public funding available for parents to help cover the costs of health insurance. Therefore a child can die later in life and the GOP is fine with it, but if an abortion occurs it's a tragedy that requires immediate action.

[Shady]

You are embarrassing to read.

What I said is true. They're recommending that women in their 40's NOT get mammograms. If it displeases you to hear this, I'm sorry. But don't shoot the messenger.

[GostHacked]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580244,00.html?test=latestnews

The risk of cancer associated with popular CT scans appears to be greater than previously believed, according to two new studies published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

The findings support caution against the overuse of CT scans and other medical technologies that use radiation. The studies also bolstered the rationale behind controversial new breast-cancer screening guidelines, which pushed back the recommended age for annual mammograms to 50 from 40. Mammograms also use radiation, but in smaller doses.

Radiation simply is not good for the body. Even at small doses it's a factor. The jury still seems to be out on how much brain damage a cell phone can cause because of the radiation.

[Shady]

Radiation simply is not good for the body.

I don't think anyone is arguing that radation is good for the body. The debate was whether it's worth a woman in her mid to late 40's to have a mammogram.

[GostHacked]

I don't think anyone is arguing that radation is good for the body. The debate was whether it's worth a woman in her mid to late 40's to have a mammogram.

Well, thicker skulls do offer a great deal of protection against radiation.