From the Associated Press.
"New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
The change comes amid a separate debate over when regular mammograms to detect breast cancer should begin. The timing of the Pap guidelines is coincidence, said ACOG, which began reviewing its recommendations in late 2007 and published the update Friday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology."
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"Paps can spot pre-cancerous changes in the cervix in time to prevent invasive cancer, and widespread use has halved cervical cancer rates in the U.S. in recent decades. About 11,270 new cases will be diagnosed this year, and about 4,070 women will die from it, according to American Cancer Society estimates. Half of women diagnosed with cervical cancer have never had a Pap, and another 10 percent haven't had one in five years."
They're relying on Gardasil to pick up the slack. My mother died of cervical cancer that spread to her brain, and I once had a co-worker who got cervical and ovarian cancer at 21. Like the mammograms, DON'T TELL ME TO WAIT!
Not everyone is getting Gardasil, and not everyone is getting their daughter(s) Gardasiled either due to the rate of and array of side effects...even death.
Here we go with health care rationing Step 2.
Friday, November 20, 2009
This Just In: Ben Stein's 4 Lessons from the Recession
From CNN/Fortune.
"Learn the lessons and act as if the worst could happen again at any time. It can and it will. Let us pray a recovery is happening -- but let us also tighten our helmet straps."
"Learn the lessons and act as if the worst could happen again at any time. It can and it will. Let us pray a recovery is happening -- but let us also tighten our helmet straps."
This Just In: 5 Dirty Secrets of Black Friday
From CNN Money.
"Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars.
Look at the fine print that appears next to an advertised "doorbuster deal" at the bottom of the page in this year's circulars.
It will either say "While supplies last," "Minimum 2 per store," "No rainchecks" or "All items are available in limited quantities."
You should be in pretty good shape as long as you don't covet the same things the unwashed masses are longing for...or the stores they long for it in. This year, we're going out, but not to the Mecca of Black Friday (WallyWorld), and we're definitely NOT in the market for a flat-screen TV.
I'm going to do a little web sleuthing before actually heading out the door--it'd take a shotgun to get me out of bed before 7, so there had better be a compelling reason to go.
"Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars.
Look at the fine print that appears next to an advertised "doorbuster deal" at the bottom of the page in this year's circulars.
It will either say "While supplies last," "Minimum 2 per store," "No rainchecks" or "All items are available in limited quantities."
You should be in pretty good shape as long as you don't covet the same things the unwashed masses are longing for...or the stores they long for it in. This year, we're going out, but not to the Mecca of Black Friday (WallyWorld), and we're definitely NOT in the market for a flat-screen TV.
I'm going to do a little web sleuthing before actually heading out the door--it'd take a shotgun to get me out of bed before 7, so there had better be a compelling reason to go.
This Just In: Obama, China, and Wishful Thinking About American Jobs
From Yahoo Opinion.
"The dirty little secret on both sides of the Pacific is that both America and China are capable of producing far more than their own consumers are capable of buying. In the US, the root of the problem is a growing share of total income going to the richest Americans, leaving the middle class with relatively less purchasing power unless they go deep into debt.
Inequality is also widening in China, but the problem there is a declining share of the fruits of economic growth going to average Chinese and an increasing share going to capital investment.
Both societies are threatened by the disconnect between production and consumption. In China, the threat is civil unrest. In the US, it's a prolonged jobs and earnings recession that, when combined with widening inequality, could create political backlash."
It all comes down to these: they save more, they produce more for less, they have less stringent rules regarding production and pollution, and the taxes have got to be a lot less than setting up shop here in America. They also have a "flip-side" political stability: they are the opposite of us (Communist vs. capitalist), but it is a stable Communism nonetheless.
"The dirty little secret on both sides of the Pacific is that both America and China are capable of producing far more than their own consumers are capable of buying. In the US, the root of the problem is a growing share of total income going to the richest Americans, leaving the middle class with relatively less purchasing power unless they go deep into debt.
Inequality is also widening in China, but the problem there is a declining share of the fruits of economic growth going to average Chinese and an increasing share going to capital investment.
Both societies are threatened by the disconnect between production and consumption. In China, the threat is civil unrest. In the US, it's a prolonged jobs and earnings recession that, when combined with widening inequality, could create political backlash."
It all comes down to these: they save more, they produce more for less, they have less stringent rules regarding production and pollution, and the taxes have got to be a lot less than setting up shop here in America. They also have a "flip-side" political stability: they are the opposite of us (Communist vs. capitalist), but it is a stable Communism nonetheless.
This Just In: The Hidden Cost of Too Much Government Debt
From Martin Weiss Research.
"The balance of power between the U.S. and China has shifted largely in China’s favor because of our overreliance on China to fund our profligacy. In fact, I believe that this shift is one of the single biggest “hidden” costs of our massive government debt load."
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"We’re in hock as a nation like never before. Neither the administration nor Congress has any plan to change that fact. And both the actual and hidden costs of our debt are rising every day. We should all be concerned, and anyone who tells you otherwise is, in my view, woefully misguided."
"The balance of power between the U.S. and China has shifted largely in China’s favor because of our overreliance on China to fund our profligacy. In fact, I believe that this shift is one of the single biggest “hidden” costs of our massive government debt load."
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"We’re in hock as a nation like never before. Neither the administration nor Congress has any plan to change that fact. And both the actual and hidden costs of our debt are rising every day. We should all be concerned, and anyone who tells you otherwise is, in my view, woefully misguided."
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