PHILADELPHIA -- A major doctors' group is changing its guidelines on when and how often women should get mammograms for breast cancer screening. The change is designed to reduce the potential harms ...

Women getting their routine mammograms may find new information on their results about breast density. A ruling from the Food and Drug Administration that requires mammogram facilities to inform ...

There is a change when it comes to the breast cancer screening. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires doctors to not only tell a patient the results, but also include another critical ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don't realize it's a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...

Good Morning America host Amy Robach revealed on her show that a recent on-air mammogram had found she has breast cancer, but the diagnosis wouldn’t have been made if she followed certain federal ...

Doctor's Expert Insights About The New Mammogram USPSTF Guidelines and Women's Health in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Know this: "The new guidelines now say that all women should get a mammogram every ...

Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 — and while routine screening brings little benefit in the 40s, beginning it that early should be a personal choice, a government task ...

Health experts agree that mammograms can save lives, but they don’t always agree on how often women should get the breast cancer screening procedure or when they should start. The U.S. Preventive ...

A new study published in JAMA suggests that risk-based breast cancer screening could be a more effective approach than annual mammograms, but some experts fear it would be hard to do in practice.

Doctors tell patients to ignore the guidelines as cancer call centers light up. Nov. 18, 2009— -- New guidelines saying women between the ages of 40 and 50 should not receive mammograms to screen ...

There's been a lot of blowback at new guidelines recommending that women under the age of 50 skip mammograms to avoid false positive and undue anxiety. Doctors and advocacy groups worry that insurance ...