A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather than annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more advanced cancers, ...

Women in the UK are invited to have a mammogram – a routine breast screening – between the ages of 50 and 53, then invited back every three years until they turn 70. But despite it being one of the ...

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Medicare covers at least one mammogram per year for women over 40. You can get your first mammogram between age 35 and 39, then one every year to check for breast cancer. Medicare will pay for more ...

Women with dense breasts could benefit from an advanced cancer screening procedure called molecular breast imaging, a new study says. The procedure more than doubled the detection of advanced breast ...

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 ...

Articles and posts about the age qualification drop to 43 in Saskatchewan were spread on social media as soon as the province ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. New research found missing a first mammogram was linked ...

New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...