Emporia Gazette

What? Newman Regional Health wants to reduce LPN (licensed practical nurse) status to aide (tech) status?

Is Newman Regional Health trying to become another Mayo Clinic?

AS A 15-YEAR survivor of breast cancer, I read with great concern the article, “New Mammogram Advice Raises Questions, Concerns” in the Tuesday paper. I am very aware of the controversy which surrounds the question of when women should begin having routine screening mammograms; however, according to the article, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government panel of doctors and scientists responsible for the new screening recommendations, not only stated that women should not start getting routine mammograms until age 50, but that women shouldn’t be taught to do breast self-exams because they “do no good.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work. The following folks deserve a pat on the back ...