"Yet while it's a welcome and long overdue cultural shift to see these once-taboo topics finally getting airtime, many clinicians say it comes with a catch: The information can be oversimplified at best and often outright wrong, which means doctors spend a lot of time undoing misinformation or at least adding context so that their patients have the full story."
""To prevent breast cancer, identifying women at high risk is the critical first step," says Dr. Lisa Larkin, an internal medicine physician specializing in women's health. Unfortunately, most people aren't talking with their health care providers about their individual breast cancer risk. The result? Many women at high risk are unaware of the fact that they should be getting screenings beyond mammograms, such as a breast MRI or ultrasound,"
Women's health topics have become mainstream across social media, podcasts, TV and news, but widespread coverage often simplifies or misstates medical facts. Clinicians report spending significant time correcting misinformation and providing context so patients understand nuance. Mammograms remain essential for detection, but effective breast cancer prevention begins with assessing lifetime risk and tailoring screening accordingly. Women with high lifetime risk (greater than 20 percent) may need both annual mammograms and breast MRI, scheduled six months apart, and other imaging such as ultrasound. Many patients do not discuss individual risk with providers and therefore miss recommendations for enhanced screening.
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