It’s also important to maintain a normal screening routine since being breast self-aware isn’t protective enough on its own.

This is how I ended up in a roomful of women, all massaging our breasts.

World Cancer Day on February 4th urges early detection. From Pap smears at 20 to colonoscopies at 50: The statutory program ...

What does it mean to have breast self-awareness? It’s a more general, flexible approach to breast cancer prevention that involves staying familiar with how your breasts look and feel. It goes along ...

Tanji Lawson had just had her yearly mammogram when she felt something in her breast in 2022, with her self-examination ...

Breast cancer is often spoken about in hushed tones, yet doctors stress that awareness and early detection save lives. Self-breast examination is one of the simplest ways for women and men to stay ...

Nancy Preston didn’t have a heart attack. Nor did she have chest discomfort, shortness of breath or heart palpitations — all symptoms of heart disease. Instead, a routine mammogram led to Preston ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray images may also offer an early warning sign for cardiovascular disease—the ...

A new study suggests that annual mammograms may not be the only effective approach for preventing breast cancer. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), ...

Your device does not support the audio. An American Cancer Society film, titled “Breast Self-Examination,” premiered locally on December 2, 1950, at the Stratford Hotel’s Alton Room. The Madison ...