“We have oversold the public on the benefits of cancer screening, such that they think a little is good, a lot is better, and there's no downside to it.”

DR. THERESE BEVERS, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, weighing in on the debate over whether or not women in their 40s should have regular mammograms [via CNN]

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