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EARLY Act

GregDennis
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The EARLY Act would provide federal funding to educate doctors and young women (those 45 and under) about breast health and breast cancer. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, herself a breast cancer survivor.

I'm working with a couple organizations (a non-profit and a company) to get out info about the EARLY Act http://earlyactawareness.org.

There is info about this legislation, which has more than 360 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, at http://earlyactawareness.org.

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Heart disease Cancer Breast cancer

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Asurvivor

Did you happen to see my thread? Please look at it, as it's just what you are against.

GregDennis

Just checked the thread and I agree, it's a bad idea to recommend again mammograms for women 40-49. We need to be looking harder for breast cancer, not letting it slip by.

Asurvivor

So, does your organization do anything about this stupidity? It sets women back more than 50 yrs in technology to save their lives. We're just getting started on heart disease for women and now they want to ignore cancer signs as well.

GregDennis

The EARLY Act (http://earlyactawareness.org) would provide additional funding to educate younger adult women about breast cancer, so it addresses this situation in part. The HALO Breast Pap Test, for whom I do some work, provides women 55 and younger with a better assessment of their individual risk of getting breast cancer -- complementing the *detection* value of mammograms.

BTW, good commentary on the guidelines was just posted on youtube by Dr. Gail Lebovic (EARLY Act proponent) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7evaCLRJNg&feature=channel.

Asurvivor

I wrote my senator and sent that letter on the site.

Funny, when I was a child (more moons ago than I care to admit) my family gp was a Dr. Lebovic. I haven't heard that name since.

Asurvivor

I also went to YouTube and didn't see anything recent from the Dr. Can you send me the url please?

GregDennis

try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDWmAzH73w

GregDennis

Thanks for writing your senator!

For those who haven't already, it's easy to register your support for the EARLY Act:

http://earlyactawareness.net.

Asurvivor

Would you explain this on my thread? I don't think many people came over here. A lot of people with heart disease also have breast or some kind of other cancer.

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