Boy Scouts Offer To Give Breast Exams
A spoof from The ONION news network:
Two prospective Eagle Scouts explain how they are preventing breast cancer by helping women examine their breasts.
Future plastic surgeons?
Related Links:
Breast self-examination – J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2006 Aug;28(8):728-30.
Routine teaching of BSE does not reduce mortality and likely increases benign biopsy rates… Breast self-examination should not be routinely taught to women.
Breast Self-Exam Debate – Divine Caroline.
Experts Debate Value of Breast Self-Exams – ABC news.
Updates 20090507-20081014
Breast self examination could still help individual women who would otherwise be more anxious by not knowing if they have breast cancer. Knowledge can be motivator for proper nutrition and exercise.
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