Breast Cancer

Will your insurance company still cover annual mammograms at age 40? So far, most say yes

There are a lot of worries surrounding this week’s new breast screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Men More Likely than Women to Leave Sick Spouse

When Anna received the dreaded call from her doctor in May 2008 that she had breast cancer she thought that was worst day of her life. She was wrong. Just a month later her husband of eleven years left home forever leaving Anna to care for their eight-year-old daughter and undergo treatment alone.

Mammogram Testing Another Sign 50 is the New 40?

Just as I suspected, 50 is the new 40. And not a moment too late—I’m turning 39 next year.

Mammogram ruling backlash: Shock, anger, and vows to ignore the new guidelines

I expected the stories, told by breast-cancer survivors whose tumors were found by mammograms in their 40s or even their 30s.

Mammograms after 50, not 40? No self-exams? What you need to know about committee’s reversal on breast cancer screening

Get ready for a fight.

In a move that certainly came as a surprise to many, new recommendations by a panel published yesterday now recommend that regular mammograms start at 50, not 40 for most wom