Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. This week, a new FDA ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a rule in March 2023 that requires health care professionals to notify people if they have dense breasts. Facilities subject to the Mammography Quality ...

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women are reminded to make sure they are getting their annual mammograms. For those who might discover during a mammogram that they have dense breast ...

Nearly half of women over 40 have what doctors consider dense breast tissue, which increases their risk of cancer, yet until now, few are told what their diagnosis might mean, or what they should do.

Some women face a special risk of breast cancer. These women have dense breast tissue, and they need to work with their physicians to be aware of this risk and to take extra steps to detect breast ...

Using an enzyme inhibitor in meniscus cells, a new study was able to soften their nucleus and promote access to previously impassible areas. By softening a cell's nucleus so that it can squeeze its ...

I've read that a mammogram is useless when it comes to detecting cancer in women with dense breasts. Is this true? Dense breasts can make mammograms more challenging for doctors to interpret. But this ...

Half of women who undergo mammograms have dense breast tissue that can obscure calcifications and tumors, putting them at greater risk of false reassurances that they’re cancer-free. Until now, those ...

Dear Doctors: Each time I have a mammogram, I’m told it’s not readable due to dense breast tissue. If these painful scans don’t serve a purpose, wouldn’t I be better off just doing self-exams and ...