A former MP who has been given the all-clear from breast cancer is urging people not to miss screening appointments. Vicky ...

A federal task force says that women should start getting regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer at age 40, instead of waiting until 50, marking a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going to annual screenings, ...

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 ...

Do you know at what age you’re supposed to start getting yearly mammograms? Despite this being a month packed with reminders to schedule your screening, the guidelines on when you should begin making ...

WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

Maybe you’ve been putting off a mammogram because you're anxious about what it might find. But experts encourage women to reframe having a mammogram as empowering. “You can’t prevent breast cancer, ...

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 ...