Women falling through the cracks as N.L. lags on breast screening changes, advocate says [Video]

Five months after announcing an intention to lower the recommended age for breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40, an advocate says the fact that Newfoundland and Labrador hasn’t put it into practice shows a lack of care for women’s well-being.

Jennie Dale, the co-founder of breast cancer screening advocacy group Dense Breasts Canada, told CBC News she met with health officials earlier this month to advocate for better breast cancer screening practices — and left the meeting feeling angered and worried.

“Our recent meeting showed that progress is very slow, if any, and we are moving a bit backwards,” Dale said last week.

Premier Andrew Furey announced in May that the …