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Busy Philipps celebrates six months since brain tumour surgery

Actress Busy Philipps is celebrating six months since undergoing brain tumour surgery and she's also been cheered by a clear mammogram result.

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California Imaging Center Failed a Federal Image Review and Never Warned the Patients Regulators Ordered It to Contact

FDA is alerting women who had mammograms at a Monterey center since December 2023 after the facility failed a federal image quality review.

Medical Daily

Prior Authorization Approved Her Breast MRI and She Still Owed $1,191, Because Approval Is Not Coverage

A preapproved breast MRI left a Washington woman owing $1,191. Prior authorization confirms medical necessity, not that a claim will be paid.

Medical Daily

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Mammograms could be used to identify heart disease in women, study finds

Coronary heart disease kills twice as many women as breast cancer in the UK each year

The Independent UK

AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests

Experts say findings mean breast screenings for cancer could also flag cardiovascular problems in women

The Guardian - UK

A Rare Breast Cancer Can Read as Probably Benign on a Mammogram, and Mastectomy Is Not the Treatment It Needs

Primary breast lymphoma is treated with chemotherapy, not surgery, and published cases show imaging repeatedly pointing clinicians the wrong way.

Medical Daily

FDA Says Breast Biopsy Needle Shortage Could Last into 2027 as Radiologists Triage Who Gets Scheduled First

FDA says a stereotactic breast biopsy needle shortage may last through March 2027. What patients facing a biopsy delay should know.

Medical Daily

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Florida woman was told her mammogram was clear. Now, she is getting $7M after her stage 4 breast cancer

Lawyers for the woman say there was an eight-month delay in receiving her diagnosis

The Independent UK

Asian American Women Under 50 Have Seen Their Breast Cancer Rate Surge 50 Percent Since 2000

AAPI women under 50 saw a 50% breast cancer surge since 2000 — now tied with white women for the highest rate. Here are the specific drivers and what Asian American women should know.

Medical Daily

Call for risk-based breast cancer screening as cases in under 50s rise

The NHS invites women for a mammogram – an x-ray of the breast – from the age of 50 until their 71st birthday.

Evening Standard

When should you get a mammogram? The latest information amid conflicting advice

Information around routine mammograms in the US is confusing. Here is what you need to know

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais’ partner Jane Fallon blasts 'disgusting' fake obituary

Ricky Gervais’ partner Jane Fallon – who was diagnosed with breast cancer in March following a routine mammogram – was shocked to discover that fake announcements of her death had been published online.

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Ricky Gervais’s partner Jane Fallon reveals she has been diagnosed with breast cancer

The bestselling author said a routine mammogram detected the disease despite her having no symptoms

Evening Standard

AI catches aggressive cancer tumour so tiny it was missed by doctors

She felt her cancer would not have been found until her next routine mammogram appointment three years later

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AI could help us more accurately screen for breast cancer – new research

At least 20,000 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. And more than 3,300 die from the disease.

Fortune

Meet the American spies who helped mammograms save more lives

To help fight breast cancer, a public-health expert recruited the spies whose top-secret work helped find hidden Russian missile bases.

Evening Standard

Springwatch's Michaela Strachan reveals second cancer scare after throat lump discovery

The presenter, now 59, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 after undergoing a routine mammogram while living in Cape Town

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5 Preventive Services Losing Preferred Status

For over a decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised a simple deal: specific “Preventive Services” (like your annual physical, mammograms, and colonoscopies) would be...

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The Independent UK

Study questions whether women need a mammogram every year

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, leading to more than 43,000 deaths each year

The Conversation

Women told they have dense breasts don’t know what to do next, new study shows

Imagine a 57-year-old woman, let’s call her Maria, who’s just opened a letter about her mammography results. She’s had several mammograms before, but this time reads new information: “Your breasts are dense”.

The Guardian - AU

Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her

Exclusive: New federal guidelines advise GPs to provide additional care to patients with higher breast density, which can make cancers harder to detect in mammograms

BANG Premier

Drew Barrymore reveals breast cancer 'scare'

Drew Barrymore has revealed that she recently had a breast cancer "scare" following a "bad mammogram".

Fortune

I’m a CEO who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 43. I felt empowered when I turned to GenAI

I was overconfident and skipped my mammogram last year because of a busy work schedule. That was a mistake.

Woman & Home

6 things that might happen at a mammogram screening – how many do you relate to?

This essential breast test could save your life – here's what might happen, and how to prepare

The Guardian - UK

Women who miss first breast cancer screening at ‘40% higher risk’ of dying from the disease

Study monitored 500,000 women from Sweden and found 32% did not attend first mammogram appointment

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