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Busy? No excuse to skip mammogram

Deseret News - 10/4/2017

SALT LAKE CITY - Even though Utah women are among the best in the nation for a healthy lifestyle that eschews tobacco use and embraces exercise, the state ranks second worst for breast cancer screening rates.

At a Tuesday event designating October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gov. Gary Herbert reiterated Utah's goal to boost breast cancer screening rates to 76 percent of women age 40 and over by 2020.

"I think we can do better," Herbert said. "We must do better."

Screening rates in Utah have been on the decline since 2000, with women who commonly offer excuses that include no time, no symptoms or lack of breast cancer in the family.

Once symptoms develop, it is likely too late for women to stop the spread of cancer, said Dr. Joseph Miner said, Utah Department of Health executive director. Three-quarters of breast cancer cases are not hereditary, and 1 in 8 women will develop the cancer in their lifetimes, Miner said.

The state Health Department is launching a revamped website, CancerUtah.org, designed to make it easier for people to find convenient screening locations.

- Amy Joi O'Donoghue

teen rode bicycle through new home

SPANISH FORK - Spanish Fork police on Tuesday asked for the public's help in finding a teenager suspected of causing $20,000 in damage to a newly constructed home by riding his mountain bike through it.

On Sept. 26, police say a "teenage male" entered a home, 1034 S. 1450 East, in a new subdivision, and "rode his mountain bike around inside the house," according to a prepared statement from police.

The teen then opened all the valves in the upstairs washroom and flooded the house, police said.

Based on evidence left at the scene, investigators say the person responsible wore a size 9 to 10 DC skate shoe.

Anyone with information can call police at 801-804-4707. Ivory homes is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest.

- Pat Reavy

Westminster cleared in sex assault probe

SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster College has been cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation by federal education officials into a complaint by a student who alleged the school didn't properly handle her sexual assault report in 2014.

The liberal arts college announced the findings in a news release Tuesday that linked to a letter sent last week by U.S. Department of Education'sOffice of Civil Rights.

Federal officials concluded that Westminster followed the proper steps in investigating an allegation by a sophomore who said she was sexually assaulted by a man at an off-campus apartment in 2013

- Associated Press

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