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...that a harsh critique by two Danish researchers of the data supporting mammography's benefits had enough merit that its conclusions should be addressed in the cancer database maintained by the NCI. For now, the cancer institute is not changing its basic recommendation that women age 40 and older undergo routine mammograms. But it is planning to review the policy. "This is a very complex issue," says Dr. Peter Greenwald, director of cancer prevention at the NCI. "It doesn't mean that it's wrong [to get a mammogram], just that it's less certain than we thought...
...doubt that a mammogram, uncomfortable and slightly embarrassing as it may be, is a lifesaving tool in the war against breast cancer. Research conducted in the 1970s and 80s found that mammograms reduce breast cancer deaths by 30 percent - a comforting statistic to the 30 million American women who undergo the procedure each year...
...Kelly: I think he will undergo a court proceeding...
...Cellular president John Rooney calls "a personal affront." He says he's less interested in luring new customers with rock-bottom, gimmicky calling plans than in making sure existing customers are happy with the plans they have selected. U.S. Cellular requires new sales and customer-service reps to undergo six weeks of training that emphasizes behavior rather than gadgetry. "We tell frontline people their objective is not to sell a product but rather to make customers smile," says Rooney. In a contracting economy, savvy companies realize that sales growth is more likely to come from holding on to current customers...
Crowe reteams with Jerry Maguire star Tom Cruise and producer Paula Wagner to bring us Vanilla Sky, the story of a young magazine mogul named David Aames who shirks responsibility and is forced by circumstances to undergo a psychological and emotional odyssey. When David (Cruise) meets the innocent beauty Sofia (Penélope Cruz, who revisits the role she plays in the original film), he incites the jealousy of his obsessive friend and occasional lover Julie (Cameron Diaz). Fueled by grief, Julie commits suicide by driving her car off a bridge with David in the passenger seat, an accident that...