Understanding the Usefulness of Osteoporosis Bone Density Scan Tests
Bone density tests determine if you have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become more fragile and brittle, making them more likely...
Mammography Helps Detect Heart Risk in Women
Widely used mammography screening for breast cancer could potentially serve as a tool for detecting heart risk in women as well, a new study suggests....
Dense Breasts: Ultrasound Beats 3D Mammography!
Ultrasound turned in a better incremental breast cancer detection rate than tomosynthesis in mammography-negative dense breasts, and a similar false-positive rate, according to interim findings...
What is the Radiation Risk of a Breast Screening Mammogram?
Mammograms don’t prevent breast cancer, but they can save lives by finding breast cancer as early as possible. Finding breast cancers early with mammography has...
Breast Cancer Detection: Ultrasound Equal to Mammography!
Breast cancer is one of the most prolific type of ailment that has plagued women for many years. In order to fight the disease, experts...
Screening Mammogram & Ultrasound Improves Breast Cancer Detection
The addition of ultrasonography to mammography significantly improves the rate of detection of breast cancers in Japanese women, according to trial findings published online in The...
Screening Mammography Radiation Risk 35% LESS Than Thought!
The low risks from radiation exposure during mammography screening may be even lower than experts have assumed, a new study contends. The new research estimates...
Why You Should Begin Screening Mammograms Starting at Age 40
Recently, the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced its new screening guidelines that increase the age for annual mammograms for women of average risk from 40...
3D Mammography: Hype or Hope?
3D Mammography represents one of the most significant advances in breast cancer screening and prevention for all women in nearly 4 decades (when mammography was...
Dense Breasts On Your Mammogram Report? Here Are Your Next Steps
You just had your annual screening mammogram and the summary report provided to you states you have “dense” breasts but this is a BENIGN FINDING...