Please educate yourself before you suggest any medical test or procedure to anyone else. A good place educate yourself about mammograms is www.screening.dk - there's a plain english-language pamphlet about the benefits and risks of mammography on the site. Yes, like every medical procedure or test there are both upsides and downsides to mammograms. Knowing both is essential to giving informed consent, but in the US women have been subject to a paternalistic medical establishment that apparently doesn't think we're smart enough to understand health issues. Please read up then give the pamphlet to your friend. Cheers!
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Please educate yourself before you suggest any medical test or procedure to anyone else. A good place educate yourself about mammograms is www.screening.dk - there's a plain english-language pamphlet about the benefits and risks of mammography on the site. Yes, like every medical procedure or test there are both upsides and downsides to mammograms. Knowing both is essential to giving informed consent, but in the US women have been subject to a paternalistic medical establishment that apparently doesn't think we're smart enough to understand health issues. Please read up then give the pamphlet to your friend. Cheers!
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