One unanticipated consequence of the COVID pandemic has been the postponement of screening mammography for virtually the entire population of US women who are candidates. Mammography centers are opening again, now with a large backlog of women to schedule. It is anticipated that there will be a delay in diagnosing breast cancers in some women […]
Schedule Your Mammogram It seems only fitting to come full circle in this final volume to talk further about mammograms. Mammography is the workhorse in our efforts to identify and treat breast cancer at its earliest stages. I spoke in the first volume about the difference between screening and diagnostic mammograms, and you may want […]
In this volume, I am completing my list of 19 steps to improve your breast health, during this COVID-19 pandemic. The first volume was about mammograms. In the second volume, I touched on alcohol, smoking, weight gain, hormones, sleep, and pregnancy. The third volume discussed exercise, vitamin D, the Mediterranean diet, pollutants, breast-feeding, and stress. […]
I am continuing my list of 19 steps you can accomplish to improve your breast health, during this COVID pandemic. My first volume was about mammograms. In the second volume I touched on alcohol, smoking, weight gain, hormones, sleep, and pregnancy. Let’s continue. #7 Take some time to exercise every day, for about 40 […]
19 Things to Do to Promote Breast Health during the COVID- 19 Pandemic In my first volume, I explained what to do if your screening mammogram has been postponed. In this volume I will touch on diet and some other factors that can affect your breasts. There are so many disruptions in our daily routines […]
If you are like me, you may be spending hours a day catching up on what new information there is about the pandemic. With the “stay at home” directives, it is hard to get yourself up and out to do any exercise, and I’ve heard reference to the “COVID-19 pounds” we may gain before it’s […]
My first rotation as an intern at Grady Hospital was on the Orthopedics team. We would manage all the patients with broken bones, no matter what the age. And so it happened that our team went to the pediatrics floor on a daily basis. It was there that I met “Nurse Kay”, as her young […]
After finishing my surgical residency at Emory University, I took over a surgical practice from a retiring surgeon in Decatur, Georgia. His office was in a renovated stone house in downtown Decatur, and he had three employees, all of whom continued working for me for some time. A few years later, two other retiring surgeons […]
I was born in the last month of my father’s medical school training. From there he served a one year internship in Pittsburgh, PA and from that point on he took an offer from a local Lions’ Club in western Pennsylvania, in a county that had no doctors at the time. We initially lived in […]
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drjohnskennedy2020-05-27 00:13:512020-05-27 00:35:51How long should I continue getting mammograms? At what age should I stop?
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