High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram
TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Out-of-pocket costs may make as many as 1 in 5 women forgo additional screening when an initial mammogram finds an abnormality, a new U.S. study finds. The Affordable Care Act improved access to mammograms, b…
Learn MoreHow Benign Are ‘Benign’ Breast Findings? Study Finds Link to Higher Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many women feel a lump in their breast or receive an abnormal result on a screening mammogram that turns out to be a cyst or other type of non-cancerous growth.With this news comes a huge sigh of relief, but …
Learn MoreCancer Screening and Detection Remain Below Prepandemic Levels
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — At the end of 2021, population-based screening and diagnosis remained below prepandemic levels for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers, according to a research letter published online Nov. 17 in JAMA Onco…
Learn MoreBlack Women Have Less Access to Newer Mammogram Technology
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2005 to 2020, Black women had less access to new mammographic imaging technology compared with White women in the Medicare population, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in Radiology.Eric W. Ch…
Learn MoreUna de cada 5 mujeres no planifica hacerse una mamografía
JUEVES, 29 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Terlisa Sheppard conoce el valor de monitorizar los cambios en su cuerpo.La paciente de Orlando Health estaba embarazada de ocho meses y medio, y tenía apenas 31 años, cuando detectó un bulto debajo…
Learn MoreKatie Couric anuncia que recibió un diagnóstico de cáncer de mama
MIÉRCOLES, 28 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La ex presentadora de noticias y del programa TODAY, Katie Couric, tiene cáncer de mama.Couric compartió esta información el miércoles en Instagram, al mismo tiempo que publicó un ensayo sobre la…
Learn More1 in 5 Young Women Has No Plans to Get a Mammogram
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Terlisa Sheppard knows the value of tracking changes in her body.The Orlando Health patient was eight and a half months pregnant and just 31 years old when she felt a lump under her arm. She left work to g…
Learn MoreRadiographers Read Mammograms for UK Double Reading Program
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Trained radiographers perform as well as radiologists when participating in the double reading of screening mammograms, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Radiology.Yan Chen, Ph.D., from the…
Learn MoreKatie Couric Announces Breast Cancer Diagnosis
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Former TV newswoman and TODAY show anchor Katie Couric has breast cancer. Couric shared that information Wednesday on Instagram, while also releasing an essay about the experience on her media website.”Eve…
Learn MoreAI Assistance May Improve Accuracy of Breast Cancer Screening
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A decision-referral approach could leverage the strengths of both the radiologist and artificial intelligence to improve the diagnostic capability for breast cancer screening, according to a study published i…
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