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To detect cancer's earlier which will lead to a better chance of survival for women who do have the disease. previously, the task force said that women in their 40s had the option, the individual choice, to screen at that age. now they're coming down stronger saying all women should start to get mammograms at age 40. we also know in general it's estimated for women born here in the u.s., 12.9% of them will develop breast cancer at some time the their life. that's the demographic that we're talking about here where there's some concern. this is a draft recommendation, available for public comme...

Venezuela. >> david: and el paso for us, thank you. turning to major health news tonight involving women and breast cancer screenings, a federal task force recommending that women get mammograms at age 40. so as always we turned right to the chief medical officer dr. jan who is with us tonight. what were concerns that led to the earlier age? >> according to the group it was based on new data, let's get right to what they are recommending now in this draft recommendation for the average risk a woman to start mammogram and screening at age 40 and every other year, they previously said age 50, di...

Ecta calls on the Commission to consider repealing the 2010 NGA and 2013 NDCM Recommendations and withdrawing the Draft Recommendation.

This, and you said, no. >> we know that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of maternal mortality. majority of that is coming from hypertensive disorders. this is a draft recommendation and it expands on the 2017 recommendation by the u.s. preventive services task force that said all women should be screened. let's screen them not just for that, but for gestational hypertension, chronic hypertension and all hypertensive disorders. though should have been at every prenatal visit and if a woman screens positive, that should trigger the next steps in terms of following her. the important ...

Pregnant women is now inspiring a new u.s. task force. their goal, expand blood pressure screenings across prenatal care. this is coming as the cdc is warning hypertensive disorders in pregnancy appear to be rising. cnn's medical correspondent dr. tara narula joins us now to discuss. dr. narula, why is this new recommendation so important at this particular moment? >> well, this is a draft recommendation that's open for public comment until about march 6th. and expands on the 2017 recommendation that all pregnant women be screened at prenatal visits for me eclampsia. now natal groups say we sh...