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 ...

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.

2024 has been a big year for me. I turned 40 in April. It’s an age I have dreaded for the past ten years. Not for any particular reason, but I suspect it has something to do with wanting to hold onto ...

I had my first mammogram in October. I had complained of a sensitivity around my right breast to my doctor. He first ordered a chest x-ray, which revealed no injury nor the presence of anything out of ...

I ignored the mammogram notification that popped up in my health network’s online portal when I turned 40. It was the summer of 2020, and breast cancer seemed like a remote health concern in the ...

My mother died from metastatic breast cancer just shy of her 58th birthday. So I wasn’t surprised when, during a routine mammogram, doctors found something in my left breast that warranted a closer ...

I followed all the rules. At 40, I went for my very first mammogram, and did so again every year as recommended. As far as I knew, I wasn’t at higher risk. No one in my family had ever been diagnosed ...

It’s better to get your mammogram a little late than to miss it altogether, right? Absolutely—but this story will illustrate that in some cases, time truly is of the essence. Breast cancer remains the ...

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.