screening

Lifting the fog on breast-cancer screening and risks

by Debra Melani

Like a campfire ember that refuses to fade, the mammogram debate has smoldered since doctors first began using the X-rays as a breast-cancer screening tool in the 1970s. They save lives. They don’t. They result in too many false positives that freak women out. Throw in expert statements that...

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First Trimester

Knowledge Is Power: Lessons Learned from Your First Trimester

by Kristen Bason

When you are pregnant, you have many worries, but really only one concern: Is the baby healthy?

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