It is a sobering statistic. One in eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in her lifetime -with the majority of these women not even having a family history of breast cancer. October is ...

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it's time to talk about everyone's favorite topic (kidding!), mammograms. Though it's an uncomfortable — literally — topic, mammograms are as critical ...

Turning 40 is a milestone birthday. Many consider it to be a life-changing birthday associated with transformation and reflection. It’s also the time most health care professionals recommend that ...

Breast cancer screening guidelines have made the news again. On Tuesday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced that it had finalized its recommendation, first drafted in May 2023, ...

You'll no doubt have heard the term mammogram thrown about in conversation at least one point in your life. Whether your mum received a letter to make an appointment when you were younger, your gran ...

Although breast cancer is not preventable, early detection leads to an almost 100% cure rate. (Solis Mammography.) The advertiser paid a fee to promote this sponsored article and may have influenced ...

Laura Dean, MD, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist at Cleveland Clinic, where she has been practicing since 2014. She completed her residency at Northwestern University’s Foster McGaw Medical ...

Millions of American women over age 40 receive regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About half of them turn out to have dense breast tissue — which makes screening significantly more ...

UCLA study finds women over 80 who had mammograms lived longer with breast cancer, suggesting survival benefits even as guidelines remain unclear.