Discuss the ideal frequency for you with your doctor. Should older women still get mammograms? As we mentioned earlier, the USPSTF advises biennial mammography screening until age 74. But it’s unclear what the suggestion is after that; the task force noted that there wasn’t enough evidence...
: When should I start getting mammograms and how often? Laura Corio, MD, Gynecologist, Author The Change Before The Change In my practice, I recommend that women start with a baseline mammogram at age 35. Then they do their next mammogram at 40, and then we do them yearly after 40. ...
If women underwent mammograms every two years beginning at 40 and then annually starting at 50, there would still be a 33% reduction in mortality. Women who have a higher breast cancer risk because of their family history are advised to begin mammography at an early age....
Sleeping After Heart Surgery Getting good rest after this major surgery can be tough. Here’s how to make it as comfortable as possible. Tina DonvitoJan. 29, 2025 Medicare Part D Changes for 2025 The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has triggered a raft of changes t...
For years, women were told to perform self-breast exams to check for lumps on a regular basis, butmore recent researchhas called into question whether these self-checks actually lead to earlier detection. What's more, the age group that most often gets breast cancer is starting to shift too...
time in second grade when I was in line for a lice check at the school nurse’s office and was mortified at the possibility of having lice. Suddenly, my head started itching. It turned out that I didn’t have lice, and the itching stopped immediately after the nurse finished t...
There is no cure for multiple myeloma. Treatment for multiple myeloma can only reduce the severity of its symptoms and extend the patient’s survival by a few months or two to three years. The best treatment for multiple myeloma varies from patient to patient and is often a combination of...
she has been excluded from Medicare, and they must tell you if Medicare would pay for the service if you got it from another doctor who accepts Medicare. Those providers who have opted out of Medicare will often ask you to sign aprivate contract, which is a written agreement between you ...
Of course, for many people there is no non-medical reason that can justify the removal of a healthy body part. Those who advocate against CPM on these grounds often do so by way of a comparison of breasts to other body parts. In the 2014 New York Times op-ed, “The Wrong Approach ...
When patients think about mental health issues, such as postpartum depression, they often, and understandably so, focus solely on the mother. Many of them don’t recognize that the sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that can come with being a father also put the other parent at risk for...