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Most American women screened for breast but not colon cancer. (physicians Need to Step by Screenings).
ATLANTA -- Most American women are following the recommended guidelines for mammography but not for colorectal cancer screening, Deborah Holtzman, Ph.D., reported at a conference on cancer sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The findings of an analysis of data from the 1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System suggest that physicians should continue to promote mammography, especially for women aged 40-50, and step up promotion of colorectal cancer screening for those aged 50 and older, said Dr. Holtzman, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Surveillance Branch, Atlanta.
Overall, 75% of 58,524 women aged 40 years and older reported having had a mammogram in the past 2 years. The ...
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- Magazine article from: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources Ladenson, Sharon January 1, 2009 700+ words
Stephanie A. Sellers, NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN'S STUDIES: A PRIMER...and terminology specific to Native American women's studies? Are Western...history and experiences? Native American Women's Studies: A Primer is...
- Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. (book reviews)
- The American Indian Quarterly Osburn, Katherine M.B. September 22, 1994 700+ words
...minority women in the United States today in Native American Women, concluded that they were "trying to...words summarize the primary objective of Native American Women: to allow Native American women to "break in" to our line of vision...
- Justice Department Holding Domestic Violence Training in Rapid City To Assist...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 21, 1998 700+ words
...week to learn how to create a coordinated community response to stop violence against Native American women. The Sacred Circle, a nonprofit Native American organization and training and technical assistance grantee of the Justice Department...
- Tribal courts' failure to protect Native American women: a reevaluation of the...
- Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal Christofferson, Carla October 1, 1991 700+ words
...Santa Clara ruling has left Native American women virtually paralyzed within...ICRA is necessary to protect Native American women from discriminatory actions...to safeguard the rights of Native American women. It argues that an expansion...
- Daughters of mother earth; the wisdom of Native American women.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2006 700+ words
...mother earth; the wisdom of Native American women. Ed. by Barbara Alice Mann...to privilege the voices of Native American women over those of Eurocentric...European culture disempowered Native American women, and the need to repair...
- Contemporary Native American women artists: visual expressions of feminism, the...
- Magazine article from: Feminist Studies Farris, Phoebe March 22, 2005 700+ words
...ARRIVED on Turtle Island, Native American women were producing art in the...expression. Contemporary Native American women artists continue to explore...twenty-first-century Native American women artists featured in this...
- Native American women in sport.
- Magazine article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance Keith, Susan E. April 1, 1999 700+ words
...the many roles performed by Native American women. Celebrating the Past The...communities. On occasion, Native American women assumed roles as chiefs...the active involvement of Native American women in community. life also...
- Native American women are entrepreneurs.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Marketing to the Emerging Majorities December 1, 2004 700+ words
Native American and Alaska Native women...national basis, 9.3% of Native American and Alaskan women are...2.8% for African American women. The greatest industry...businesses owned by Native American and Alaska Native women...
