Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health columnist Dr. Frankie, is a Medical Doctor and a clinical research fellow in genitourinary oncology - Rii Schroer It’s the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘There’s a lot that’s not understood about breast density and why some [people] have more dense breasts than others,’ says Dr ...

You've had a mammogram. Then a letter arrives. It says you have dense breast tissue and could be at a higher risk for breast cancer. Don't panic, physicians say. Dense breast tissue is normal. Half of ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This month, we aim to raise awareness and action, support breast cancer survivors, and help women suffering from the disease by sharing relevant information.

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 ...

Scattered fibroglandular breast tissue describes the density and composition of a person’s breasts. It means that the breasts are mostly comprised of fatty tissue but have some dense pockets. A ...

Our breasts are composed of three kinds of tissue: glandular (the milk glands and ducts), connective (the fibrous tissue that surrounds the ducts and glands), and fatty tissue. The younger we are, the ...

As we touched on last week, regular mammograms are a front-line defense against breast cancer, because they can detect it before it grows enough to develop a lump that can be felt during a breast self ...

As part of your mammogram results, you may learn you have dense breast tissue. This is not abnormal; however, it can increase the risk of breast cancer. It is more difficult to see through dense ...