People should be able to get a mammogram starting at age 40 but it shouldn't be routinely offered to women under 50 who are ...
Dr. Darlene Weyer looks at images of dense breast tissue in her office at the Lima Memorial Women’s Health Center. LIMA — ...
Are There Other Benefits? If So, What Are They? How Do They Change With Age? Additional benefits from screening women ages 40-49 may include earlier detection and increased compliance. Data from ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Experts in evidence-based medicine are now recommending women get mammograms every other year starting at 40 years old, which is 10 years earlier than before. The United ...
A highly anticipated update to Canada’s national breast screening guidelines says people in their 40s shouldn’t be routinely screened for the disease, but also shouldn’t be stopped from ...
A Winnipeg woman who was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer almost two years ago is pushing for the province to lower the breast cancer screening age from 50 to 40 in the hopes of saving people's ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently updated its guidelines for breast cancer screenings. Among the changes, ...
The new breast cancer screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force might be confusing if you are between ages 40 and 49. While the task force recommended screenings start at ...
When it comes to breast cancer detection, sooner is definitely better than later. Screening can find cancers before they’ve had a chance to spread beyond the breast. The benefits of early ...