Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 16, 1995 TAG: 9508160094
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
The study, to be published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, concluded that most of the reduction in breast cancer deaths among women who started mammography screening between ages 40 and 49 came as a result of testing done after they were 50.
This finding supports the National Cancer Institute position that breast cancer mammography before age 50 is of reduced value and that it should not be recommended except in individual cases.
The American Cancer Society, however, continues to recommend regular mammographic exams for women beginning at age 40.
Fire deaths lowest in 81 years
BOSTON - The number of people killed by fires in the United States dropped in 1994 to the lowest level in at least 81 years, a fire-safety group reported.
The National Fire Protection Association credited better safety standards and increasing use of smoke detectors in recent years.
The private organization issued its annual report on fire deaths Wednesday. The group, founded in 1896, gathers data from fire departments around the country.
The NFPA reported that 4,275 people - not counting firefighters - died in fires in 1994. That was a 7.8 percent decrease from 4,635 the previous year.
It is the lowest total since reliable record keeping began in 1913, NFPA spokesman John Hall Jr. said.
- Associated Press
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