Sebelius: U.S. policy on mammograms 'unchanged'

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 14:31

A top Obama administration official on Wednesday appeared to try to distance the federal government from controversial new guidelines recommending fewer women routinely undergo mammograms to screen for breast cancer.


 

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