This week, a new FDA regulation went into effect that requires mammogram facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts. Thirty-nine states (and D.C.) already had some sort of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

One is that women who have dense breast tissue have a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer. It's not necessarily the largest risk factor by any means, but it does slightly increase ...

Bridget Pargulski is the founder of the Iowa Army of Pink. “Reading a normal mammogram is like looking for a pine tree on a prairie. Reading YOUR mammogram, was like looking at a forest of pine trees, ...

Dr. Arif Kamal, chief patient officer for the American Cancer Society, says there have been great strides in breast cancer awareness over the last 40 years, with mortality rates dropping by 40% as a ...