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The FDA will now require all mammography reports to include whether a person has breast density, which is a breast cancer risk factor. Johnny Greig/Getty Images * The FDA will now require all mammography reports to include whether a person has breast density. * Breast density is considered a risk factor for breast cancer and can make it difficult to detect signs of cancer. * Dietary and lifestyle modifications may help reduce breast density, but more importantly, they help lower a person’s risk of developing breast cancer. Mammograms are the gold standard for breast cancer detection starting around age 40.  Breast density can raise breast cancer risk and make it more difficult to detect cancer. Still, many people are unaware of this important risk factor, even if they regularly receive mammograms. On September 10, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule that will require breast density to be included in mammography reports. This amendmen...

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer and is planning to return to public life gradually as she recovers. Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty Images * Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer. * The public learned in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. * Though she said her road to recovery will be long, she plans to gradually return to public life in the coming months. Catherine, Princess of Wales (Kate Middleton) has announced that she has completed her course of chemotherapy.  In a recorded press release on Monday afternoon, she expressed relief and a new appreciation of life. What we know about Kate Middleton’s cancer journey so far Following abdominal surgery in 2024, surgeons removed some tissue from Catherine’s abdomen, which was later tested and found to be malignant.  “The last nine months have been inc...

The latest AirPods from Apple will come with built-in hearing aids, the company announced Monday. http://dlvr.it/TD3yvw

Changes in people's voices recoded on a smartphone can signal a serious flare up in symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a pilot study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Vienna, Austria. http://dlvr.it/TD3Cgh

TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge” can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. Sneksy/Getty Images * TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge) is responsible for at least one death this year. * The challenge encourages viewers to asphyxiate themselves until they lose consciousness. * Asphyxiation is incredibly dangerous and can lead to permanent brain damage and death in less than five minutes. Following the death of her son, a mom is warning others about the “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge”), a dangerous viral TikTok trend. In an editorial for Huffpost, Joann Bogard describes the tragedy of losing her son Mason in 2019. Like other kids his age, he’d shown an interest in social media “challenges.” Challenge videos encourage social media users to copy an activity from social media and then perform it themselves, posting the video for all to...

The Georgia high school shooting that claimed four lives this week shows the risks of keeping guns in the home, says Matt Miller, a Northeastern University professor whose research focuses on firearm violence. http://dlvr.it/TD2GQ9

People tend to continue with unproven treatments even if there's no evidence to suggest an initial marginal improvement in symptoms is anything more than a potential coincidence, a new study has found. http://dlvr.it/TD2G7W