Clinical Breast Exam Photo © National Cancer Institute When the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its new guidelines for breast screening in November, they included some remarks about the value of breast self-exams and...

Film Mammography A.D.A.M. The new guidelines for breast screening, released on Monday by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, have been causing confusion, division, outrage, and much discussion. Health professionals, breast cancer support...

Start When You Are 50 The standard schedule of starting screening mammograms at age 40 may soon change, and breast cancer prevention strategies would be improved, according to the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force. Women may not begin to have...

Ben Simons, SeaBee, WW2 Photo © Dora Simons Veterans' Day is being celebrated today, but after the mass shooting at Ft. Hood, and other events going on this week, my thoughts are circling around our veterans and what they may face...

First it was just bottled water in those bisphenol A (BPA) plastic bottles. We were told not to drink water that "smelled like plastic" or that had sat in sun-warmed bottles. They told us that the BPA in hard plastics could cause prostate and breast...