I would urge women not to be deflected from going to breast screening appointments
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I would urge women not to be deflected from going to breast screening appointments." She said that interim results on a pilot scheme for those aged 65 to 69 had been successful and a final decision would be made when the tests finished in the spring.However, Michael Baum, professor of surgery at University College London Hospitals and one of the founders of the breast screening programme, said that only one life is saved for every 1,000 women who are screened for 10 years. Ministers said the scans saved 1,250 lives a year and announced yesterday that the scheme, which checks women aged 50 to 64, would probably be extended to include those up to the age of 69. Debate over the value of screening has been fuelled by a study published in The Lancet medical journal. The Government mounted a strong defence of the national breast screening programme in response to a medical study that said screening did not reduce a woman's chance of dying. Whoops, there goes the diet.Sybil Kapoor's latest book is 'Simply British' (Penguin, £7.99). The Government mounted a strong defence of the national breast screening programme in response to a medical study that said screening did not reduce a woman's chance of dying. Ministers said the scans saved 1,250 lives a year and announced yesterday that the scheme, which checks women aged 50 to 64, would probably be extended to include those up to the age of 69.
Buckling and bloaters are both ungutted herring, but buckling are hot smoked and can be eaten cold, while bloaters are cold smoked and should be lightly grilled with lashings of butter. The tiny sprats may be fiddly to eat, but they have a lovely flavour, fresh or smoked. Unfortunately, fishmongers can never guarantee their availability as they have become increasingly hard to sell in recent years. As to the juicy oyster mushrooms, don't expect spectacular cooked colours from the yellow or pink versions, they always turn beige once cooked. All of these mushrooms work well together, particularly in warm salads and pasta.It is worth remembering that the game season ends on 31 January, so if you want to savour the last partridge, pheasant, wild duck, snipe or woodcock of the year, now is the time. They might be a bit chewy, so you will have to stew, pot or turn them into paté to appreciate their fine flavour. Fanned venison is available throughout the year and makes an excellent, tender winter dish.Those in need of lighter food should consider fish, in particular smoked fish.
You can now mail-order from H Forman & Son (0181-985 4321) traditional British delicacies like smoked sprats, buckling and bloaters. You can now buy cave-grown Blewitt mushrooms, along with shiitake, horse or brown mushrooms. Frances Smith, the grower for Appledore Salads in Kent, says that with a little care they could be grown at home. Sugar snap seeds yield the sweetest shoots - which are snipped before the first tendril unfurls.
Onion or leek seeds are harder to grow, but they do have an exquisitely light allium flavour whether eaten fresh or stir-fried.Farmed mushrooms are another good winter choice. The hardier bitter lettuces like raddichio, trevisse and Belgium endive all make gorgeous winter salads, although some can only be found in recherché greengrocers. Why can't one buy a whole escarole (batavia), curly endive (frisée) or feathery magenta-coloured trevisse (red chicory) from a supermarket? Incidentally, if you happen to dine on salad in a chic restaurant, look out for utterly scrumptious pea shoots and onion sprouts tossed into your leaves. (For further information telephone 0247 630 8211.)However, if you tire of the many roots and greens available, you could always turn to salads and sprouts.
