During my mammogram two years ago I almost passed out from discomfort. I'm not one to make a fuss about things, so I kept quiet, but my body spoke up. Now I know to ask for a MammoPad to be ...

As a health technology leader, I build tools to save lives — but learning I have dense breasts made my work personal.

My doctor recommended I start getting regular mammograms a couple of years ago. I have dense breast tissue, which makes it harder to detect potential problems in mammograms. I wish I could get my ...

There are a few milestone birthdays that are coupled with landmark health screenings. Though there is some disagreement nowadays on when to get a mammogram, I put it on my radar for my 40th birthday.

Rachel Albin discovered her breast cancer diagnosis by doing something we’ve all done: miss an appointment. She wants people ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — If you are at a high risk for breast cancer, providers are now urging women to get screened even if they are pregnant or breastfeeding. This is a passionate topic for me as I ...

INSPIRES A TRIAD WOMAN SAYS POSITIVITY AND PERSEVERANCE HELPED HER BEAT BREAST CANCER. OUR ERIN BURNETT SAT DOWN WITH HER AND SHE’S JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING. ERIN, SHE SAYS SHE MISSED JUST ONE ...

A close friend of mine regularly reminds me to feel my breasts. She’s a cancer survivor, and wants to make sure I’m doing consistent self-examinations. It's a reminder I shouldn’t need. But I do. My ...

Note: this story was produced for the ear. We recommend listening, if you are able. Last year, I had the chance to do something I’d only ever heard about — a lot about — but had never experienced ...

A routine mammogram turned into a life-changing fight for a radiation oncologist who thought she knew everything about the ...

Philecia La'Bounty felt a lump in her breast but was denied a mammogram due to her age and family history — months later, she found out she had breast cancer that had metastasized Philecia La'Bounty ...