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		Breast Cancer Early Screening Guidelines



	A government task force has recommended major changes in breast cancer screening guidelines, suggesting that most women should not begin getting routine mammograms until age 50, and then only once every two years. Doctors and advocacy groups had mixed reactions to the changes. Some welcomed the shift, but others, including the American Cancer Society, said they would continue to recommend annual mammograms for women over 40. Two doctors answered your questions on the new guidelines. Due to scheduling conflicts, this was not produced as an Insider Forum. Instead, read excerpts and listen to the full audio of the answers.

Dr. Otis Brawley is the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, and a professor of oncology, hematology and epidemiology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jeffrey Tice is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where his work includes research on breast cancer screening.

Dr. Diana Petitti was originally scheduled to participate in this forum. She is vice chair of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, the panel that issued the new guidelines. Dr. Petitti is no longer able to participate; another expert will take her place.



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Experts Answered Your Questions on the H1N1 Flu Vaccine

The H1N1 swine flu virus is now widespread in 46 states and has hospitalized more than 20,000 people in the U.S., according to CDC officials. Meanwhile, delays in vaccine production have led to long lines at clinics and doctors' offices. Two experts on vaccines answer your questions.




	At Forum, Bernanke Defends Fed's Aggressive Moves

	On July 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke joined Jim Lehrer in Kansas City, Mo., for an on-the-record forum about how the central bank has responded to the financial crisis and its changing role on the road to economic recovery. The forum aired on the NewsHour during the week of July 27.

	"It's a problem called a too-big-to-fail problem. These companies have turned out to be too big to allow to collapse, because [...] when the elephant falls down, all the grass gets crushed as well."

	-Ben Bernanke

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