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Knowing your risk can change when cancer screenings should start. Cancer screening is not always one-size-fits-all. Your age matters, but so can your family history, genetics, personal health history, and other risk factors. Understanding your risk can help you and your healthcare provider decide when screening should begin, how often you should be screened, and whether additional testing may be appropriate. BREAST CANCER For Most Women: Start Annual Mammograms at 40 Touch4Li

From acupuncture to massage therapy, discover how integrative healing practices are changing the way we think about cancer care, recovery, and whole-body wellness. What if feeling better required more than treating what's wrong? Think about it. A doctor can prescribe medication for pain, but what about the tension you've been carrying for months? Cancer treatment can target a tumor, but what about the anxiety that keeps you awake at night? A medical procedure can address a ph

The science of stress, sleep, and emotional recovery, and how to give your nervous system a break before burnout becomes your normal. Let's be real. When was the last time you rested without feeling guilty about it? Not scrolling through your phone while thinking about everything you should be doing. Not collapsing into bed because you had absolutely nothing left to give. Not taking a vacation only to return more exhausted than when you left. Actual rest. For many of us, stre

Why movement is one of our most powerful tools for cancer prevention, and why what you do between workouts may matter more than you think. Think about your day. You wake up and sit down for breakfast. You sit in your car or on public transportation. You spend hours at a desk, in meetings, or looking at a screen. You drive home, eat dinner, and settle onto the couch. Maybe you even squeeze in a workout. But for much of the day, your body has barely moved. This is the quiet rea

Cancer Care Happens Outside the Doctor’s Office Too A cancer diagnosis can affect far more than medical appointments. Meals still need to be made. Bills still need to be paid. Children may need rides. Prescriptions need to be picked up. Work continues. Laundry continues. Life keeps moving. As a caregiver, you may find yourself trying to hold all of those pieces together while also supporting someone through treatment. The goal is not to do everything yourself. The goal is to

Helping With Treatment: How to Support Without Taking Over Cancer treatment can bring a steady stream of appointments, instructions, medications, test results, side effects, and decisions. As a caregiver, you may become an extra set of ears, eyes, and hands for the person you love. Your role is not to become the medical expert or make decisions for them. It is to help them stay organized, communicate what they need, and feel supported as they move through treatment. Before an

Caregiver Basics: Start With What You Need to Know Now Becoming a caregiver can happen quickly. One diagnosis, surgery, treatment plan, or unexpected change can suddenly place you in a role you were not prepared for. You may find yourself attending appointments, keeping track of information, talking with doctors, helping with medications, updating family members, or simply trying to understand what the person you love needs from you. You do not have to figure everything out a

Women with dense breasts are at an increased risk for a breast cancer diagnosis and are more likely to have a false negative mammogram....

A team that included scientists from Lagos, London and the U.S. found a previously unknown gene variant that can nearly quadruple the...

Roberson and Crandon, the principal investigator and co-investigator, respectively, will use a quantitative and qualitative mixed methods...

Laura Crandon, founder and president of Touch4Life, a breast-health equity nonprofit, shares her thoughts on The New York Times Opinion...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and about 10% of it is thought to come from inherited genetic mutations...