Panel: Screening Mammograms Should Start at 50

Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening
(Radiological Society of North America) In a new study, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.

Secretary Sebelius Statement on New Breast Cancer...
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Panel Suggests Delaying Regular Mammograms Until Age...
In a turnaround from long-standing guidelines from the American Cancer Society, a U.S. task force recommends that women begin regular breast-cancer screening at age 50, not 40

The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful...
Until recently, there was little women could do to prevent breast cancer. After years of research, nutrition is emerging as one of the most important weapons to fight this deadly disease....

It's Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of...
For more than two decades, author Debra Jarvis has counseled cancer patients in her work as a chaplain. Then, in an ironic twist, she herself was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. This...