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		<title>Prostate cancer treatment misused</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/12/14/4023/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[androgen deprivation therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical castration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug overuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot flashes, weakness, fatigue, cognitive impairment, and depression are the “substantial unintended side effects” of ADT, aka chemical castration. The VA study is not the first to link ADT to an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but it shines a light on unproven uses of this drastic therapy. The shows that ADT is given as the primary treatment for men with local and regional prostate cancer who have no symptoms of the disease, as well as symptomless men whose post-treatment PSA test show rising levels. The rise in the use of ADT can be chalked up to the fact that the PSA screening test was introduced in the late 1980s. This <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=4023&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Pap test guidelines</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/21/new-pap-test-guidelines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I doubt many women have had the pros and cons of the Pap test explained to them by their doctors.  Nor are we told how rare cervical cancer is.  We have been lead to believe that Pap testing is reason why cervical cancer is rare, but in fact the cervical cancer death rate was going down years before the Pap test was given to a significant portion of the femal population.  See my 2007 article on the topic.  And here’s the National Cancer Institute’s <a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/cervical/HealthProfessional/page11">cautions about the Pap test</a> that have been on its Web site for several years. I think women deserve an apology from the ACS and ACOG<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=3349&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mammogram uproar</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/18/latest-mammogram-uproar/</link>
		<comments>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/18/latest-mammogram-uproar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>medconsumers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breast cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer regression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mammography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mammography risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overdiagnosis and mammograms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a technology’s lifesaving benefit has been oversold to the public for over three decades—and the harms downplayed—any cutback in recommendations will be met with a firestorm of anger. That exactly what happened yesterday when a highly respected organizations recently broke ranks with others that issue screening guidelines.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=3318&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When to get a 2nd pathology opinion</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/09/10/when-to-get-a-2nd-pathology-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Instead of following the advice, she paid for a second pathology opinion from each of the above experts who both assured her that she did not have DCIS and required only periodic follow-ups.  When calling me about the revised diagnosis, she said, “My joy in learning that I didn’t need a mastectomy was overshadowed by the thought of so many women who are overtreated because of mammography screening.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=3183&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reduce your risk of breast cancer: Avoid mammograms</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/07/14/cut-your-risk-of-breast-cancer-avoid-mammograms/</link>
		<comments>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/07/14/cut-your-risk-of-breast-cancer-avoid-mammograms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know the best way to cut your chances of developing breast cancer?  Stop having screening mammograms.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=2793&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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