Breast cancer and other unknowns -- between a (probalistic) rock and a (probabilistic) hard place

The  New York Times Magazine  cover story on Sunday was disturbing.  With "Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer," Peggy Orenstein, ...

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Mammography: Grim tales of real life.

The use of x-rays to detect breast cancer, known as mammography, started around 1960. The idea was that x-rays could give an in-depth pictu...

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