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High Tech Breast Examination

Attention ladies! i found this great news that a new technology was developed for breast examination. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is testing a new kind of breast camera that might challenge the images of those far pricer MRI exams now reserved for the most high-risk women. This is a better way to check for breast cancer in women with breasts too dense for today's mammograms to give a clear picture. The technologies still are experimental. But the research is being watched closely because the need is so great. Half of women younger than 50 and a third of women over 50 are estimated to have dense breasts. In addition to a harder time viewing any brewing tumors, women with dense breasts have a higher risk of getting breast cancer, too. Only a mammogram can tell if your breasts are made up more of dense or easier-to-examine fatty tissue. But if a doctor warns that you have dense breasts, there's little good advice on how to get a better cancer check today. Mammograms ar