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When do you need to start getting a mammogram? Here's what new recommendations say.
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 2 months agoNew guidelines recommend that women get breast cancer screenings beginning at age 40. (Getty Images)...
What All Women Need to Know About the New Mammogram Guidelines
Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew breast cancer guidelines suggest women over 40 should screen once every other year. The pivot...
Erie doctor questions why many women are still getting pap smears every year
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDr. Carla Picardo wants to clear up the confusion about pap smears. A pap smear is a routine procedure to test for cervical cancer in women. Cells are collected from a woman's cervix — the lower ...
The FDA's rule change requiring providers to inform women about breast density could lead to a...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBreast density is one of the factors that can influence whether people should pursue supplemental...
Ascension Wisconsin patients navigate uncertainty, delays and faxes in cyberattack's wake
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs national health system Ascension slogs through setbacks prompted by a May 8 cyberattack that crippled many of its systems, patients are forced to navigate a complex web of changes. The system ...
Delays in cancer treatment. Canceled appointments. Long wait times. Ascension patients still grapple...
Gannett via AOL· 4 weeks agoIt has been more than two weeks since Ascension, one of the country's largest nonprofit health systems, was hit by a ransomware attack that still is causing widespread disruptions to patient ...
Study: Breast Cancer Screening May Not Be as Helpful for Older Women
Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNew research found that breast cancer screenings may be unnecessary for women over 70. The data...
'Know your risk': Survivors, experts on Black women's challenges in navigating breast cancer
Yahoo Life· 2 years agoClockwise from the right: Breast cancer survivors Ify Nwabukwu, Lyndsay Levingston and Jacqueline...
Many women miss signs of breast cancer, study shows
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe vast majority of women know a lump in their breast likely signals the presence of cancer, a new survey finds, but that's not the only sign of the...