Advice on Mammography Debate

November 18, 2009 3:29 PM

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius addresses the controversy surrounding a government panel's decision to advocate mammograms starting at 50, not 40. Sebelius does not refute the decision but tells women to "do what you've always done."

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