Early Menarche, Estrogen and Breast Cancer Risk
The role of estrogen in women’s breast health is one of balance. While estrogen is required to regulate the functions of the female body, a
Your Breast Care Calendar: Mammograms, Self-Exams and CBEs
Now that your new year’s calendar has settled – family birthdays have been marked with stickers and vacation days starred – it’s time to lay
I Got the Blues, Ma, I Got the (Winter) Blues…
Everyone has a bummer day once in a while. As we continue in a winter that seems never-ending, those bummer days may seem to be
Finding An Accredited Mammography Site
Ok, so you’ve let a few seasons or years pass since your last mammogram… It’s not too late to get on track! Once you’ve made
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Breast Health
“As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie…” -Shakespeare, Sonnet 109 On this holiday of hearts, love, and poems, love for others
New Mammography Study: How Numbers Can Be Wrong
We love science. Science is the way we move forward in the fight against breast cancer. One of the things we learn as physicians is
Self-Exam? There’s An App(s) For That Too!
In an age of technology assisting with all kinds of healthcare from in-ear thermometers to complex imaging to robots assisting with surgery, doctors have some
Breast Hamartoma
When we speak of benign breast conditions, we often speak of rare conditions – things which only affect a small portion of the population. One
Random Acts of Kindness Week
It’s the second week of February – already!? Are you doing anything to celebrate? (And no we don’t mean celebrating that heart and flowers day…)
We Love… Go Red for Women!
Yesterday we talked about the importance of cardiovascular disease as the leading killer of both men AND women. We hope our readers now recognize that