October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to remind women aged 40 and above to get their yearly mammograms. Mammograms are important because they help find breast cancer early, when it’s easier ...

Here’s how good the tests are at detecting cancer and preventing false positive results. By Nina Agrawal Women going in for routine mammograms are increasingly being screened with a new type of ...

In an effort to increase mammogram screening rates, along with awareness, we offer a program through Franciscan Health Lafayette Breast Center to reduce barriers to obtaining a preventive mammography ...

No, this isn't trick question—though it may sound like one, given how ubiquitous the screenings are. But the conventional wisdom has been seriously challenged as of a year ago, when a study of six ...

Nancy Mulvihill, a mammography technologist at Mercy Medical Center, talked with Nick Hytrek about mammograms and the detection process. 1. How did you get interested in this as a career? My aunt, who ...