Eight years ago Nancy Cappello got mad -- really mad. Women in Connecticut, New York, Texas, Virginia and elsewhere can be thankful she channeled her anger. Their lives may depend on it. Cappello ...

Breast health guidelines for women 04:33. Doctors tell patients that regular mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early, but Nancy Cappello's story suggests women may want to ask more ...

Almost half of women have dense breast tissue. If you’re one of them, here’s what to know. You probably already know that regular mammogram screenings are important in the early detection of ...

But fat in the breast appears dark, making it easier to find white spots that may be cancer with a regular mammogram of less dense breasts. The problem is, “functional tissue can look white ...

About half of women have dense breast tissue, and many don't know it. In a major effort to improve breast cancer prevention, the FDA will now require mammogram facilities to inform women if they ...

I'm one of the 40% to 50% of women in my age bracket who have dense breast tissue. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has found that women with dense breast tissue are four to five times more likely to ...

Dense breast tissue therefore makes it harder for the interpreting radiologist to detect early breast cancers. “Dense breasts may obscure small breast masses and reduce the sensitivity of the ...

Nearly half of women over 40 have dense breasts, which raises their risk of breast cancer. Mammograms should now include an assessment of breast tissue density. Accessibility links ...

A randomized study of 40,000 women with extremely dense breast tissue found that those who had mammograms followed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans had more tumors detected than with ...

Marston added that women can’t tell if they have dense tissue just by how their breasts feel. “This is really a finding that is seen on mammography,” she said. About the Author.

About 40% of women in the U.S. have dense breast tissue, which means a regular mammogram won't sufficiently detect cancerous tumors. Several states, including Ohio, ...