Using tools such as breast cancer risk quizzes and keeping an eye out for changes to your breasts can help you monitor your health. (Getty Images) These tools are basically calculators, but instead of ...

Oct. 17 is National Mammography Day, observed annually on the third Friday of every October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Breast Cancer Foundation says National Mammography Day ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Today is the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month; the month that we talk about every month in our breast health mission, Buddy Check 3. We’ve done so for more than 20 ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has updated its breast cancer screening guidelines, recommending that individuals at an average risk for breast cancer initiate ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A federal law requires doctors to inform patients what their breast density is after having a mammogram, but what does it really mean? If you discover you have dense breast ...

A national advisory panel significantly lowered the age recommendations for screening mammography on Tuesday, saying that all women should start breast cancer screening at age 40, rather than 50, and ...

Only about 75% of eligible U.S. women schedule regular screenings. When it comes to early detection, mammograms remain the only screening test proven to reduce deaths from breast cancer in ...

Prior USPSTF recommendations said women should start screening no later than 50. Breast cancer screening guidelines have been finalized by a major task force, bringing the recommended age to 40 for ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — The nonprofit Breast Connect is making sure breast cancer fighters have everything they need to feel comforted and cared for as they undergo chemotherapy and radiation. The new ...