Breast ultrasounds are 'matter of life and death,' but getting insurance to cover screening can be a challenge
For women with dense breast tissue, ABUS automated ultrasound scans can detect cancers that mammograms can miss. But since ...
What cancer screenings do you need? A quick guide
Adults 45 and older should start routine colorectal cancer screenings. People at higher risk due to family history or other ...
Wanda Sykes Has Stage 0 Breast Cancer—Here's What That Means
It was a Novartis ad with comedian Wanda Sykes, who, alongside MCU actress Hailee Steinfield, spoke about the importance of ...
What to know about getting an MRI for dense breasts
An MRI is meant to be used along with a mammogram, not instead of. “MRI is the most sensitive test we have for finding breast ...
Racial disparities seen in care after abnormal mammograms
Despite similar availability of diagnostic technologies to women of different racial and ethnic groups, significant disparities were seen in who actually received same-day diagnostic services and ...
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Jewish women should get mammograms at 40
Close monitoring is essential. For women, that means not only regularly checking their breasts themselves for lumps or abnormalities, but getting mammograms. Field, who works at Sharsheret, the ...
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Idaho ranks 50th in the country for breast cancer screenings; a new bill hopes to expand insurance coverage
According to the Cancer Data Registry of Idaho, the state ranks 50th in the country for breast cancer screenings. 1 in 3 ...
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Comedian Wanda Sykes Says Humor Helped Her Through Her Breast Cancer Journey
Comedian Wanda Sykes is raising breast cancer awareness in a new commercial airing on Superbowl Sunday. After Sykes was ...
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Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Seen As A Benefit With Seated Option in the VELA Mammography Chair, Enable Me Finds in Technologist Survey
"The handicapped and the elderly can be put at ease, and better images obtained with the use of this chair. I would highly recommend every facility that performs mammograms have one of these ...