Women Are Insistent on Mammograms, Poll Shows

USA Today’s Liz Szabo reports on why women are saying “no thank you” to a recent independent panel recommendation suggesting most women don’t need routine mammograms until age 50: “A vast majority of American women plan to ignore controversial new recommendations about mammograms, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. The poll also shows that most women sharply overestimate their risk of developing the disease.”