Touch-screen advocates list several advantages over traditional cockpits, including the elimination of physical space constraints for instrument displays, since all the information the flight crew needs can be searched for and reached from the same set of screens.
Connie Wang Emeryville, Calif., July 18, 2009 To the Editor: Screening advocates have it backward: it is triage that will isolate and identify those who are truly at risk.
Screening advocates point out that the unpleasantness is a small price to pay to avoid a painful and deadly disease, and most people who have had the tests say they are no big deal.
The outcry among many physicians and patients over a government panel's recent announcement that healthy men should no longer receive P.S.A. blood testing to detect prostate cancer is rooted in a long and impassioned history among cancer screening advocates that early detection must always save lives.
Understandably, many screening advocates felt betrayed, embarrassed, and angry.
Screening advocates indirectly acknowledge this analogy by focusing on the jackpot (mammography saves lives) rather than the average gain.
Indeed, the mammography controversy frustrated many screening advocates who had personally endorsed a course of action (and message) that was now being questioned.
Screening advocates concluded that routine mammography should be started at age 40 since, despite trial data, they were sure early detection is beneficial.
Unfortunately, screening advocates have exaggerated this net benefit through the emphasis on relative rather than absolute risk reduction with screening and the failure to discuss mammography harms in many scientific articles [ 11].
Breast cancer consumers' view of screening : Consumer advocates in this study presented a very particular view of breast screening.
The decision by the Court of Appeals is the third ruling that strikes down the new eligibility screening, which advocates for the homeless argue would violate New York City's legal mandate to provide shelter.
