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Breast cancer: Know how dense tissue affects screening
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 6 months ago“Reading a normal mammogram is like looking for a pine tree on a prairie. Reading YOUR mammogram,...
Dense breast tissue and cancer screenings: What you need to know
Times-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMany women are aware they will need a mammogram in their lifetime as these screenings are the most...
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...
Why Your Mammogram Results May Soon Look Different
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its guidelines, asking mammography centers to give patients information about the density of their...
Katie Couric Shares an Update on Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis & How It Gave Her a “New Sense of...
SheKnows via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKatie Couric is no stranger to health advocacy. In 2000, she was memorably tested for colon cancer...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: How mammogram machines work, why they’re important
WHIO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen are supposed to get a mammogram screening every year, but often times they don’t because they think its scary or are nervous. News Center 7 received a walkthrough to learn exactly how ...
Measure to cut patient costs for breast cancer testing advances out of Pa. Senate
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 10—HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate moved this week to unanimously advance a bill to the state House that would eliminate co-payments, deductibles and co-insurance for certain genetic ...
House bill looks to extend breast cancer exam coverage, eliminate more patient costs
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoJan. 13—HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania legislators adopted a law in 2023 billed as the first of its kind, one that erased out-of-pocket costs for certain genetic testing and supplemental screenings ...
Pa. Senate passes bills removing cancer test costs for patients; measures move to House
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 20—HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed a pair of bills proposing the elimination of out-of-pocket costs for certain genetic testing and supplemental breast cancer screenings, the ...
Pa. Senate vote sends cost-saving measure for cancer tests to governor's desk
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 28—HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians are on the verge of seeing out-of-pocket costs disappear for certain genetic testing and supplemental screenings for breast cancer. State representatives ...