At a hearing Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said their message on new breast cancer screening guidelines was “communicated very poorly” but defended the underlying science behind the recommendations, CBS’ “Evening News” reports (Cordes, “Evening News,” CBS, 12/2). The new guidelines generated controversy over the recommendation that most women in their 40s do not need annual mammograms to screen for breast cancer because “the net benefit is small…

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