http://thesunbreak.com/2012/02/04/senator-murray-applauds-komen-reversal-asks-for-vigilance-in-defense-of-womens-health/ Curious Georges in a conversation with Seattle Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://thesunbreak.com/2012/02/04/senator-murray-applauds-komen-reversal-asks-for-vigilance-in-defense-of-womens-health/#comment-71642 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:18:09 +0000 http://thesunbreak.com/?p=885152#comment-71642 In one sense, yes, anyone can perform a breast exam, but a clinical breast exam is different in that, by definition, it is performed by a medical professional who very likely has more experience conducting breast exams than than just “anyone.” In many cases where the object is to detect a cancer before it kills you, people like to have that extra expertise on their side.

]]> http://thesunbreak.com/2012/02/04/senator-murray-applauds-komen-reversal-asks-for-vigilance-in-defense-of-womens-health/#comment-71516 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:56:27 +0000 http://thesunbreak.com/?p=885152#comment-71516 According to the Seattle Times and Seattle PI, Planned Parenthood does only physical breast exams that anyone can do themselves nor are they recommended by the medical community as a fail safe method. If anything odd is found the patient is then referred to a doctor for a mammogram and further treatment. Planned Parenthood is more of a referral service than anything else. But they have been a third party surviving on federal grants for ages.

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