Dr. Troy Mensen is a family medicine doctor based in the Chicago area. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate at Des Moines University College of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I thought I was doing my health and wellness a solid by scheduling an annual mammogram—but when I was told I had fibroglandular ...

Question: I just had a mammogram, and I was told that I have dense breast tissue. What does that mean? Answer: About half of women are considered to have dense breasts, based on the appearance of ...

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a standard mammogram. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to detect ...

BBC Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has said that her dense breast tissue delayed her cancer diagnosis. She's raising awareness about the issue as four in 10 women also experience the same tissue ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don’t realize it’s a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I just had a mammogram, and I was told that I have dense breast tissue. What does that mean? ANSWER: About half of women are considered to have dense breasts, based on the appearance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly all of Ohio is under a dense fog advisory Monday morning. According to the National Weather Service, all Ohio counties ...

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 ...