Top 100 list and a new visible initiative, and a leading panel reverses itself and now recommends earlier mammogram screenings for women. Youre watching getting answers. Im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. The new mammogram guidelines come as we kick off a Womens Health month in may. The Us Preventive Services task force is now encouraging women to start getting screened at the age of 40. Their previous recommendation was to start at 50. Joining us live now to talk about this and other Health Headlines is doctor peter chinhong, ucsf Infectious Diseases specialist doctor chinhong, nice to have you on the show. Thanks for having me on, kristen. All right. So this groups new guideline is a ten year difference. Thats pretty sizable from 50 to 40 right. Why the change . I think some of the changes really, given the overall, increase in, in malignancies and cancers in the younger age groups, this is not just only seen in Breast Cancer, but in other cancers like colon cancer. So what are y
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a wing fragment discovered on an island in the indian ocean is on its way for testing to see if it belongs to a missing malaysia airliner. The debris was carefully packaged and loaded onto a cargo flight today bound for special defense facilities in toulouse, france. Meanwhile, locals scoured reunion islands coastline for traces of more debris. And australian officials who are leading the search for the plane urged caution about what the wreckage means. Im n
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Citizens. Well, there are now plans set for a summit, a day of action designed to keep up the pressure on washington to lend a helping hand. Here to tell us more about the upcoming day of action, marcos crespo, our good friend, new york state assemblyman, brenda torres, prima not really director of the new York Regional Office of the puerto rican federal affairs administration. Thank you both. You were just back on the island. In fact, it was you, it was the council speaker, the governor, the mayor, as well. And i was there with you back in mission. Around . What was the goal, and what was accomplished . Well, joe, we were hosting conference. Yes. Which weve now rebranded as somos now. We believe we are a community thats existing and in power now. And we had the participation of not only the folks you mentioned, but we registered close to 600 registered guests at our conference. And we participated in these conversations. We participated in a rally that took place with hundreds of thou