Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Convenient Access To Healthcare Could Lead to Overuse of Mammograms

Providing better access to healthcare could lead to overuse of mammograms who see a primary care physician regularly and who have limited life expectancy, researchers have found. The cautionary note from researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is that screening women in this category could subject them "to greater risks of physical, emotional and economic suffering." Dr. Alai Tan, a senior biostatistician in UTMB's Sealy Center ...

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