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 ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an annual reminder that getting a regular mammogram is currently the most effective tool available for detecting breast cancer early. Cancer treatment is ...

What a Mammogram Is Used For Mammograms are recommended as a routine screening test to look for evidence of breast cancer in people who don't have any symptoms. A mammogram may also be done as a ...

A federal health panel has proposed new guidelines for screening mammograms, urging all women to start them at age 40, instead of 50. The draft recommendations from the United States Preventive ...

Upstate University Hospital is providing breast cancer screenings directly to women in Onondaga and Oswego Counties with its ...

No, this isn't trick question—though it may sound like one, given how ubiquitous the screenings are. But the conventional wisdom has been seriously challenged as of a year ago, when a study of six ...

Picture this: A patient walks into MU Health Care's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and gets a mammogram. Now, picture this: A patient walks into MU Health Care's new mobile mammography unit and gets a ...

Mar. 27—Scheduling a mammogram can be a daunting experience — but it doesn't have to be an unpleasant one. On Tuesday, the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony ...

GREENVILLE, Maine (WABI) - Northern Light Health has made it easier for women to get their mammograms thanks to a new mobile mammography unit. “There are people who have not had mammograms done in ...