{"id":6717,"date":"2017-05-10T10:52:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6717"},"modified":"2017-05-10T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:52:28","slug":"dont-screen-for-thyroid-cancer-task-force-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6717","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Screen For Thyroid Cancer, Task Force Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>If you hear rock star Rod Stewart&#8217;s husky voice in a radio spot imploring you to get your thyroid checked for cancer, don&#8217;t be seduced.<\/p>\n<p>An<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lightoflifefoundation.org\/about-us\/sponsors-and-partners\/\">industry-backed<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>foundation has been putting out that message, with Stewart as a celebrity spokesman, but it&#8217;s not based on sound science. No major medical organization recommends mass screening for thyroid cancer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/05\/09\/527569291\/dont-screen-for-thyroid-cancer-task-force-says?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=51757726&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_MDJCOlVu7KIphHsWwCysvY3KWsow6zp8RmMX5sS0B5s_FtcsgB0DpLESeojHKsioUtP6HumlQHG04PSRM2RFDUGnvyg&amp;_hsmi=51757726\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR) If you hear rock star Rod Stewart&#8217;s husky voice in a radio spot imploring you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6718,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6717\/revisions\/6718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}