In April, the United States Preventive Services Task Force proposed new breast-cancer screening guidelines that advise women to get their first mammogram, the test that screens for breast cancer, at ...

Laurene Scott, like many women, didn’t follow through on scheduling or showing up for mammogram appointments during the Covid-19 pandemic. That in itself was not unusual. Many Americans delayed ...

Overall, mammography prevalence declined from 69.9% to 59.2% among women aged 40 to 49 years and from 81.3% to 77.0% in women ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Black women in the U.S. are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. "Breast cancer is not biased, but there still are parts of the ...

NNPA.Stock photo Black Women’s Health Disparities Highlight Gaps in Research and Care By Dr. Ayanna Quamina ...

WILSON, N.C. (WTVD) -- You wouldn't know it if she didn't tell you, but Saptosa Foster has been a silent warrior over the past year. She's been battling a disease that didn't run in her family.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.

When Trish Michelle first told her doctor about a lump in her breast at age 37, his response was that it “didn’t exist,” she tells SELF. In his view, there was little reason to be suspicious: Her ...

Estimates suggest that only about 2% of U.S. health research is dedicated to studying the health needs of Black women.

With breast cancer on the rise in young women, Final Four weekend is a moment to encourage early screening.