Re: HEY LADIES! read that post!

-before I start my diatribe I would like to know your thoughts on this, Rainbowgirl, knowing your family history...

I KNEW IT! The bastards. I predict that at some point in the future, this time will be looked upon as one of the most barbaric in human history. The difference between now and the inquisition...? The executioner wears a white coat instead of a black hood(or was that just in the movies) and makes a LOT OF MONEY doing it.

from the link:

"Overall, the study found that one-third of the women identified as having Breast Cancer didn't actually need to be treated.

Some cancers never cause symptoms or death, and can grow too slowly to ever affect patients. As it is impossible to distinguish between those and deadly cancers, any identified cancer is treated. But the treatments can have harmful side effects and be psychologically scarring."

just found the annual cost of treating breast cancer:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0903/is_n12_v14/ai_18953202/


"The total cost of illness for Breast Cancer has been estimated at $3.8 billion, of which $1.8 billion represents medical care."

HUGE moneymaker, breast cancer.