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What Is a Mammogram?
Health via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA mammogram is an imaging scan that takes X-rays of the breasts to screen for and detect breast cancer. A radiologist (or, a medical doctor who...
Phoebe to offer free 3-D mammograms to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 15—ALBANY — In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Phoebe's Carlton Breast Health Center will offer 100 free 3-D mammograms in October to women who are uninsured and are due for ...
Annual mammograms starting at age 40 show biggest drop in death rates
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDeath rates dropped 41.7% percent when women in the 40- to 79-year-old age group had annual...
Jenny Mollen Shares Her Mammogram After Katie Couric Texted Her a Reminder to Get a Screening
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJenny Mollen/Instagram Jenny Mollen wants her followers to get their annual mammograms. The mother...
Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoAre 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is...
I’m an author. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I knew I had to tell the story
TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn a crisp, sunny morning in October 2022, I lay on a sterile exam table at an imaging center in...
Upgrades to Imaging Center hope to make mammogram experience more comfortable
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMar. 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 ...
She Pleaded For Medical Care In Prison. By The Time She Got Out, Her Cancer Was Untreatable.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSusie Balfour first started noticing painful lumps in her breast almost 30 years ago. But imprisoned...
Are Mammograms Enough?
Glamour via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOlivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer just two months after a normal mammogram. It sounds alarming—but isn’t that rare, according to her doctor....
Doctor disciplined in 7 states for medical errors still practicing in Michigan
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBrian Scott Dutcher Sr., a 34-year-old father of five from Sebewaing, died in 2002, about a week...