October 2016
Breast Cancer awareness month
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.
Breast Cancer awareness month
Click here For full story Breast Density has been well documented in reputable medical journals for two decades or more. It is a hot topic and widely discussed in the United States. Yet we hear virtually nothing about it in Ireland. Since my own breast cancer diagnosis I have asked 60 women, all of whom have … More How long will it take?
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