Why It’s Important for Women to Know If They Have Dense Breast Tissue

I am a registered nurse, medical writer and the lucky owner of two healthy breasts. I have had at least 15 mammograms, all as clean as a recently Swiffered floor. And yet, when I learned that, in Feb. 2019, Congress passed a national breast density not… Continue reading

Why It’s Important for Women to Know If They Have Dense Breast Tissue

I am a registered nurse, medical writer and the lucky owner of two healthy breasts. I have had at least 15 mammograms, all as clean as a recently Swiffered floor. And yet, when I learned that, in Feb. 2019, Congress passed a national breast density not… Continue reading

This Artery Screening Tool Detects Early Signs of Dangerous Heart Disease

Preventive medicine can be messy. In a perfect world, we’d put helmets only on motorcyclists who we knew were going to crash. And we’d only do mammograms on women we knew were going to get breast cancer. But things are hardly perfect, and when it comes… Continue reading