Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray ...

When a radiologist reviewed Deirdre Hall’s mammogram images last summer, everything seemed fine. There were no shadows or lumps or irregular patches that could signal cancer. The doctor gave it a ...

A mammogram is a screening test for breast cancer which uses special X-ray images to detect abnormal growths or changes in breast tissue. Using a digital X-ray machine made especially for breast ...

Maybe you’ve been putting off a mammogram because you're anxious about what it might find. But experts encourage women to reframe having a mammogram as empowering. “You can’t prevent breast cancer, ...

Routine care for women of all ages is vital to keeping you and your breasts healthy. This includes an annual mammogram alongside a clinical breast exam. Know your body. Be aware of changes. Signs of ...

A mammogram is the best test doctors have to detect breast cancer, which is the second most common cancer among women in the United States. If a mammogram is performed early enough, it can find breast ...

Like getting your first pap smear or having your first PMS breakdown in a public place, getting a mammogram is just one of those things women do because it's part of the business of being a woman.

Joy, a 46-year-old in Pittsburgh, recalls being the same age as her teenage boys, when her own mother diligently got cancer screenings. "She had her mammograms every year," Joy says. But, Joy thinks ...

If you’re getting checked for breast cancer, you may have the option of digital tomosynthesis. Although it’s a long word (it’s pronounced toh-moh-SIN-thuh-sis), it’s a simple idea: Tomosynthesis is a ...

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Prevention is the best medicine, doctors say, and nowhere is that truer than in cancer. Picking up early signs of disease is the best way to prevent cancer from taking root, so doctors have urged ...

An anonymous donor gave a generous amount to the Madison Medical Center towards buying a new mammography machine, which they ...