Author: Bergen Imaging Center (Bergen Imaging Center)

The short answer is no. There is nothing you can eat that will cure or prevent breast cancer. However, maintaining a healthy diet and healthy body weight boosts your immune system, keeping your health at optimal levels, and in this sense lowering your risk of developing the disease. Research on diet and breast cancer is...

No family history of breast cancer? You could still be at risk. For 75 percent of women diagnosed with the disease, there was no family history of it. We still don’t know what exactly causes breast cancer, and while genetics may play a role, they don’t tell the whole story. Secondhand smoke may increase your...

Five Ways to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer Have you ever wondered what you could do to lower your risk of developing breast cancer? While genetics play an important role, there are also a number of lifestyle choices you can make to reduce your risk of developing the disease. Risk Factor:  Being overweight What...

Did you know that breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States, second only to skin cancer? The good news is that mammography technology has reduced breast cancer mortality in the United States by 33 percent over the last 20 years. Only 5 out of 1000—or 0.5 percent—of  women...

Where are you receiving your health care? Office-based services versus outpatient hospital or facility services Where you receive your health care services may impact your out-of-pocket costs. Generally, you will pay less out of pocket for services performed in your doctor’s office. However, your doctor’s or other health care professional’s address may look like an...