Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a simple message – get your annual mammogram to detect breast cancer at its earliest stage. But you may be surprised to hear ...

An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. Women should continue to get a mammogram ...

Each October we hear the clarion call for mammography in fighting the battle against breast cancer. But what exactly is mammography and what exactly is involved in diagnosing breast cancer? For those ...

BE TRANSFERRED TO A REHAB CENTER SOON. OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. 1 IN 8 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE, AND 1 IN 42 WILL DIE FROM IT. THAT’S WHY TODAY, WORLD MAMMOGRAM DAY ...

It looks like any other mammography suite. An imaging machine stands tall, not far from controls and computer screens. There’s even a discreet changing room. But this room is on wheels. Jamie Hobbs is ...

Breast cancer screening for women at average risk, it should be done every other year beginning at age 40, meaning mammograms should start ten years earlier than previously recommended. The U.S.

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink ribbons are everywhere in an effort to draw attention to a disease that affects more than 2 million women around the ...

Breast screening, also called mammography, is a business. A great idea at that — it can benefit people both in finding cancer ...

If a woman came to St. David's South Austin Medical Center and needed a mammogram, there wasn't really a designated space for that, even though the hospital has a thriving cancer care program. Now St.