Weeks. Reporter they say he wasnt feeling well on christmas. At 44 years old and in good health he thought he could ride it out. Fever, feeling like the typical flu that everybody gets that lasts a couple of days. And so, you know, he was in bed with the flu. As far as he knew the fever and feeling altogether bad. Reporter his wife says she finally convinced him to see a doctor who detected pneumonia, gave him antibiotics and certainty him home. Four days later he went to the hospital. He seemed to be getting worse. He started coughing. He had a coughing fit and was turning blue. And the nurses are running in trying to intubate him. Reporter barbeau, who worked in i. T. Went into a medicallyinduced coma eight days after first feeling sick. He would never regain consciousness. He was transferred here to California Pacific Medical Center where he stayed on life support for three weeks but the damage the flu did to his lungs was too much to overcome. His family removed him from life suppo
Opponents of abortion are gearing up for the walk for life west coast held in San Francisco tomorrow. Tonight the prolife march comes as the senate will vote monday on a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks. Amber is live in San Francisco tonight after speaking with both sides about this debate. Reporter the walk will be held here at Civic Center Plaza tomorrow afternoon. The event will be attended to those who oppose abortion. I spoke with people who attended a prewalk gathering held at a church. Human beings created by god. Reporter this friday night saint Dominics Church held a prayer vigil and mass. The sanctity of life starting from the woman. It was attended by hundreds of people who plan to participate in the walk for life on saturday. Being able to see my mother go through her pregnancies it became so real to me. It is a human life. With a heartbeat. Reporter on monday the senate will vote on a bill introduced by lindsey graham. That would make it illegal to perform an abortion
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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley we begin tonight with a story that could affect virtually every woman. Today the American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for screening for Breast Cancer, a disease that kills 40,000 american women every year. It now says that women should get their first mammogram years later than previously recommended. We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind this change. Ready . Reporter ready or not, today 49yearold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the advice of the doctor at first in consideration, but it was very confusing. Reporter in recent years medical groups have disagreed about when to start screening and how often to do it. A major test suggested mammography every other year starting at 50. The American Cancer Society previously recommended annual screenings beginning at 40. Women of average risk be screened annually starting at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevin oeffinger of Memoria
We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind the change. Eady . No. Reporter ready or not today, 49earold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the adve of the doctor first in consideration. But it was very confusing. Reporter in recent years medical groups disagreed about en to start screening and how often to do it. A major task force suggest mammography every other year starting at 50. The amican cancer sociy previously recommended annual screening beginnat 40. Toys new guidelines recommend women of avevege risbe screened annually starti at 45, then every two years starting at 55. Dr. Kevioeffinger, of memorial Sloan Kettering chaired the panel. Wthought that annual mammography gave us oubest premature mortality as well as balancing out what the potential Harms Associated with mammography. Reporter those harms include false alarms leading to unnecessary biopsies and surgery. Timated lifetime risk of dying from Breast Cancer is 2. 7 with no screening. And 1. 8 to