Vindication for those who have said that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations would be used to limit access to mammograms: The eligibility age for state-subsidized breast cancer screening has been raised from 40 to 50 by the California Health and Human Services Agency, which will also temporarily stop enrollment in the breast cancer…

Well, the GOP finally did something smart! Perfect response to ObamaCare, a breast cancer survivor who questions whether a task force would set future public policy:According to section 4105 (and other sections) of the senate bill the answer is yes.(via)

I was very moved by this story of a sports radio program devoting it’s entire show to Chris Spielman’s wife, Stefanie, who had just died after her fifth and final bout of breast cancer. Instead of talking about the big Ohio State verses Michigan game, they dedicated the whole show to her: And I admit,…

Sharon Tate’s killer finally succumbs to brain cancer: Susan Atkins, a leading member of Charles Manson’s violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, has died in a California prison, state corrections officials said on Friday. She was 61. Atkins, imprisoned since 1971 for her part in eight Manson murders, had…

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