I am a Patient advocate from Ireland. Beingdense.com is about Breast Density and the relevance of Supplemental Breast Screening Ultrasound / MRI for women with Dense Breasts. Breast Density is a predominant risk factor for Breast Cancer. Currently Women are not routinely informed about their Breast Density when they participate in Breast Cancer Mammogram Screening.
When I decided to set up beingdense.com I felt that other women surely had experienced what I was going through. I believe that a lot of women simply don’t ask questions. When you are hit with a cancer diagnosis, there is so much to get your head around, so much to try to understand … More Breast Density and Breast Cancer
Click on link for the full story This a really informative article. It is a must read. We are so uniformed when it comes to breast density in Ireland. Let’s pass this on to friends and family. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikki-weissgoldstein/breast-density_b_5908410.html
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/03/prweb13291935.htm?utm_source=Half+the+States+NOW+Report+Density+to+Patients&utm_campaign=Half+the+States+Reporting+Dense+Breast+Tissue+to+Patients&utm_medium=email The State of Indiana becomes newest U.S STATE to legislate for women with breast density
I have been having regular Mammograms since 2001. I am 56 years old. I have no first relative with breast cancer. I eat a healthy diet, take regular exercise and have always been proactively involved in my Breast health care. In 2015 I had a clear Mammogram and less than 6 months later I was … More My Story
beingdense.com has been set up with the intention of sharing information about a condition called Breast Density. Under ‘dense’ in the Oxford Thesaurus is: Compact, thick, solid, dim, impassable, stupid, slow… Women are not stupid, slow or dim and we do not take our health lightly. However 40% of us are walking around unaware that … More Introduction
Being Dense 