A breast cancer diagnosis is rare if you are a woman 45 years of age or under. However, of the 25,000 cases of breast cancer in women in this age bracket, one-third of them are postpartum mothers. For unknown reasons, the risk of breast cancer goes up in the first five years postpartum. “It’s likely […]
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Mammograms: Not All They’re Cracked Up To Be
Breast cancer, the leading gynecological cancer, has been on the rise for the past fifty years. Today, one in seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer; a stark difference between the one in twenty statistic of 1960. For years women have been told to get regular mammograms to screen for the disease in […]