A healthy living blog from Marshfield Clinic Health System
After the age of 40, women should receive a mammogram every year. Once a mammogram detects a spot that could be breast cancer, your doctor may request a breast…
Breast self-exams and mammograms can help detect changes in breast tissue and even breast cancer, but how do breast implants affect those exams? Breast care providers say recommendations and…
Breast pain is a common complaint among women of all ages. Paying attention to your symptoms and timing of breast pain is important so you can let your doctor…
Breast cancer affects an average of 1 in 8 women and kills nearly 500,000 women per year. These sobering facts can incite panic or worry, but there is an…
The moment you hear you have breast cancer, you should expect the best care possible from your providers. That care is team-based and developed through clinical trials and research…
Dense breast tissue is a measure of how much breast tissue is on your mammogram versus fat. When a radiologist is reading a mammogram, fat is actually gray in…
Breast surgery can be hard for many women because they are going through a difficult time that is very personal. Post mastectomy supplies help women feel whole again after…
The myths, facts and breast screening guidelines needed to help you better understand how – and why – mammograms are used to detect breast cancer.
Shortly after the U.S. began to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, radiologists that read mammograms started to see swollen lymph nodes under the arm in which women were receiving their…