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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, just saw this link to a TED talk on one of my facebook friends page--many women in her family have died of breast cancer and it's a topic that concerns her deeply. I was fascinated:

http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_rhodes
"Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that's 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. The life-saving implications are stunning. So why haven't we heard of it? Rhodes shares the story behind the tool's creation, and the web of politics and economics that keep it from mainstream use."[/quote]

The problem with the TED talk is we've since found out that breast density is not a big as risk factor as once thought. Consider the timing of breast density 'news' with new laws that the states and feds are passing/trying to get passed.

In fact, the death rate from breast cancer is higher for women with fatty breasts, and further imaging just for dense breasts is leading to too many false positives and unnecessary biopsies - and worry.

I, for one, am sick of the medical community, politicians and politicians turning my body into nothing but a ticking time bomb. That's no way to enjoy life.

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