Meanwhile, Medicare will cover diagnostic mammograms more than once per year as long as a doctor determines that they are ...

"The discomfort that you experience is far outweighed by the benefits," says Kristen Lindsay, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

Screening tests for breast cancer include the breast self-exam (optional), clinical breast exam, and mammogram. Some risk factors that may affect individuals are those that cannot be changed. These ...

To screen for breast cancer, Original Medicare covers one mammogram per year at no out-of-pocket cost. But if you have denser breasts, an ultrasound may provide a more accurate diagnosis.

The first stage in breast screening involves an X ray (mammogram) of the breast. Usually 2 images of each breast are obtained and a radiologist examines the images. Mammography can detect very small ...

I thought I was doing everything right. I never missed my annual mammogram. I did self-exams, ate healthy, and had no known risk factors for breast cancer. Yet, one day I felt a lump. I wasn’t ...