Mammography safety debate for women under 50 resurfaces
The piece reviews mammography's history from Betty Ford to current concerns over radiation risks, noting experts urge restraint for women 35 to 50 while praising benefits for those over 50. It cites NIH/NCI and Health Insurance Plan of New York data, with lifetime breast cancer risk figures and survival rates, stressing early detection remains key for better outcomes.
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Jane E. Brody
N.Y. Times News Service
Betty Ford
Happy Rockefeller
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Institute
Health Insurance Plan
New York
Arthur C. Upton
State University of New York At
Stony Brook
Upton
Age of miracle cures said over
The interview with Darryl Enos of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville argues the age of miracle cures has ended. Environmental factors and psychosomatic stress now drive most major illnesses, making preventive maintenance and stress management central to 21st century medicine.
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Edwardsville, di
Darryl Enos
Southern Illinois University At
Edwardsville
Enos
Draft advocate Gen Hershey warns against end of conscription
Gen. Lewis Blaine Hershey, 82, who directed drafts from 1941 to 1970, argues that ending the draft weakens national security and urges a local induction system. He notes the all volunteer force cannot rapidly expand in a crisis and criticizes current pay incentives and policy. He lives in Bethesda with family and stays active with Scouts and Red Cross.
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Hershey
Bethesda
Indiana National Guard
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
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