There are two types of regular mammograms: the traditional analog kind and newer "digital" mammograms.
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Mammograms are recommended for women in their 40s, unless there is a family history.
It would deprive many, many millions of Americans of free preventive services like mammograms.
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So they've been able to go and get mammograms and other cancer screenings free of charge.
It is, for instance, being tested in Hungary for detecting signs of cancer in mammograms.
You won't be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions or charged for preventive care, such as mammograms.
It has given millions of seniors the opportunity for free preventive services like mammograms and cancer screenings.
That's why it's especially important for women with dense breast tissue to be vigilant about getting mammograms.
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The doctors ordered more mammograms and diagnostic tests, and caught and treated more cancers and other conditions.
The health law effectively ignores that recommendation, making mammograms a covered preventive service at age 40 under the law.
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Elmore says radiologists may be overwhelmed by the high numbers of marks that computer programs are putting on mammograms.
For years, experts told 40 to 50 year old women to get mammograms.
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The calculator has encouraged her to keep up with annual exams and mammograms.
New research calls into question the computer technology that helps doctors interpret mammograms.
The task-force unleashed a torrent of fury in 2009, when it recommended against mammograms for women in their 40s.
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De Armond, 50, gets annual mammograms and has been doing so for years.
Further, as HRT use declined, it is possible women were not receiving mammograms.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that women are in greater need of preventive care such as mammograms and pre-natal diagnostics.
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At least that posture may be more appropriate than for their previous recommendation to reduce mammograms for breast cancer detection.
And insurance companies will be required to cover, with no extra charge, routine checkups and preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies.
Hall, a 52-year-old yoga instructor who lives in Southern California, has had two or three mammograms, far fewer than experts recommend.
If they want to make Darlyne Neff pay more money for her check-ups, her mammograms, they can run on that platform.
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Both colonoscopies and mammograms are under discussion as to whether you should get these tests at 40 or 50 years of age.
Women no longer have to delay mammograms just because money is tight.
It was the right thing to do so that important preventive services like mammograms could be provided to millions of Americans free.
Mammograms would compete with monitors on school buses, highway guardrails with beta-blockers.
Women should begin getting annual high-quality screenings at 40 at the same place so physicians have access to previous mammograms, Brawley said.
Previously, the group had encouraged women to start mammograms at age 40.
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There is no evidence HSA members are more likely to defer needed care or common-sense preventive measures such as routine physicals or mammograms.
In the past year AHRQ became a lightning rod when one of its task forces on prevention recommended that women get fewer mammograms.
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