Breast Self-Examinations No Longer Recommended (with audio)
With changing recommendations, who do we believe?
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When I was a teen in the 1970s (or, as some kids say today, mid-to-late 1900s!), we were bombarded with messages about the importance of monthly breast self-examination. I remember a gynecologist I saw when I was in my early 20s admonishing me and trying to sh…
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