Based on professional conversations I’ve had with doctors about mammogram recommendations, it seems like it’s hard from them to get over anecdotal experiences. Regardless what science says, they remember the one patient they had that didn’t fit the norm, and they want to try to prevent that happening in someone else.

Not mentioned in the article, but there’s also an ethical question of screening someone for a disease that the person couldn’t receive treatment for due to co-morbidities. I know it’s an extreme example, but someone who is on dialysis for kidney failure wouldn’t be able to have chemo, so why give them a colonoscopy or…

There is a lot of controversy right now about whether some stage 0 breast cancers should be treated or just watched. Some doctors even think that DCIS is in fact not a cancer and shouldn’t be treated as such. There are women who are having treatment for non-invasive and non-aggressive DCIS that are likely to never…

I love Toto, and I don’t think they get the credit they deserve for making some great music in the late 70s and early 80s. Toto and Toto IV are probably two of my favorite albums.

I prefer “Hold the Line” to “Rosanna” and “Africa”.

I never said the school was banning kids from getting the HPV vaccination. I said “vocal minority”. I was showing how everyone wants to prevent cancer except that there are always some people don’t want to take actions we know work.

While that might have been part of the controversy when the vaccines first came out, it is not the reason parents are using to not vaccinate their pre-teens for HPV.

Everyone: Cancer sucks! We need to find a way to prevent it.

The famous person I think of when I think of ovarian cancer is Gilda Radner, who died of the disease. I think it’s probably also who many people in Hollywood would think of as well. While ovarian cancer survival rates have increased in the past decade, I remember when it used to be considered completely fatal. With…

I worked for a health non-profit that provided health insurance information and advocacy. So many people who called said they truly believed that if they were diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, they could rely on their church and local civic organizations to help pay their bills. It wasn’t until they were…

I watched True Blood and Elementary and never realized Lafayette and Shinwell were played by the same actor until now. He was that good of an actor.

I didn’t go to my prom either. My best friend and I went to the movies (I think we saw Dave) instead. I have no regrets about this decision.

Most of my Instacart deliverers have been female. I’ve also had female Amazon deliverers, but not FedEx or UPS.

Oops! The Bible used by Hobby Lobby must have been mistranslated to say “Thou shalt not use birth control” instead of “Thou shalt not steal”.

I grew up in Louisiana (in this guy’s district, in fact). It truly wasn’t the shit hole that it is now in the 80s and 90s. It makes me sad, ashamed and embarrassed when I see stuff like this.

I got my ear pierced at a locally-owned jewelry store at the mall when I was 10. I was scared to have it done because my sisters told me that they did it with a gun. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how they made sure they got the piercings level because I thought they stood you up against a wall and fired…

I have a couple of super thin lightweight three-quarter length sleeve hoodies from Eddie Bauer, and I’ve been wearing them with tank tops here in Austin for weeks even though it’s been hot as hell. They are thinner than most t-shirts and protect my white and flabby arms from sunburn. If I got hot, I can take it off,…

As a hiring manager, I’d prefer to see a gap in employment explained in the cover letter (or appropriate section of the application if it asks why you left previous employer). And, let’s be honest here, right or wrong, most hiring managers are going to assume a gap on a female candidate’s resume is due to family…

I think it’s more appropriate to provide a reason for your gap in employment on the application or cover letter rather than list it as a professional job on your resume. You don’t have to go into detail or reveal who you were caring for. I think a simple “Left the workforce to care for ill family member full time” is…

I think it would also be appropriate to explain the employment gap in a cover letter.