Breast screening cutback questioned
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Published: November 25, 2009
BURLINGTON (AP) — Doctors at Vermont's largest hospital are questioning a recommendation from a federal task force that breast cancer screening for women in their 40s be scaled back.
Dr. Sally Herschorn, co-director of the breast imaging unit at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, says roughly a fifth of breast cancer diagnoses in recent years have been in women aged 40 to 49.
She tells the Burlington Free Press 10 women in the past week have canceled mammogram appointments because of the new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force.
Fletcher Allen is continuing to recommend annual screenings for women 40 and older.
It has set up a special hotline for questions: 802-847-4162.
Vt. orchestra director suspended after sex charge
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — The director of the Windham Orchestra has been placed on unpaid leave after being cited on charges of child pornography and trying to lure a minor by electronic means.
The Brattleboro Music Center canceled a concert that 50-year-old director David Runnion had been scheduled to lead last week in Saxtons River.
The Brattleboro Reformer says investigators in Vermont and New Hampshire claim Runnion asked a minor to send him nude images. Police seized a computer from Runnion in July.
Runnion took over the Windham Orchestra two years ago.
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