An Enlightening Conversation about Breast Density

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The FDA recently issued a rule that requires all mammography reports include information about breast density. Abdul talks to Dr. Elise Desperito, the Breast Imaging Director at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center about what breast density is and its implications for breast cancer screening. To assess your breast cancer risk, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center recommends the Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment Calculator. This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Marguerite Casey Foundation: Join the MCF Book Club at CaseyGrants.org/BookClub. Quince: Upgrade your wardrobe with pieces made to last with Quince. Go to Quince.com/AD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Lumen: If you want to take the next step in improving your health, visit go.lumen.me/AD for 15% off your purchase. To See Each Other: A podcast that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our most misunderstood communities. You can listen to more episodes of To See Each Other at https://link.chtbl.com/toseeeachother?sid=americadissected.

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0:00.0	America Disected is brought to you by Margaret Casey Foundation
0:03.0	who's asking are you ready to break free from the confines of traditional book clubs
0:07.5	introducing reading for a liberated future the Margaret Casey Foundation
0:10.9	book club where bold ideas visions, and daring experiments converge.
0:15.0	Say goodbye to the same old narratives and hello to a vibrant beloved community pushing boundaries and challenging norms to create a better world for everyday people.
0:23.1	Each month, the Marguerite Casey Foundation book club
0:25.2	will bring you an insightful conversation
0:27.4	with luminaries who are speaking truth to power
0:30.1	and doing the hard work of shaping a liberated future.
0:33.0	Register for the Marguerite Casey Foundation book club today to get the latest information
0:37.0	about upcoming events and a chance to have one of their featured book club titles sent directly to your door for free while supplies last.
0:44.0	Join the Marguer K Casey Foundation book club
0:46.0	at Casey grants.org slash book club
0:48.0	that's C-A-Y-G-R-A-N-T-S-O-O-O-R-A-T-S-O-O-O-O-Og slash Booklet. A new study finds that arm position during blood pressure readings may be falsely inflating
1:06.1	Americans blood pressure.
1:08.0	In AI wins a Nobel Prize.
1:10.6	Hurricane Milton makes landfall. This is America
1:13.6	de Sexted. I'm going to have a special day.
1:31.0	I'm going to hit a life milestone that I have to admit.
1:34.7	I've been dreading for a while. I'm turning 40. To everyone who's already turned 40, I hear the
1:39.7	40's are great. I know, I know. But I'm dreading it for a bunch of reasons as a wise friend
1:44.6	put it I'll be transitioning from the old age of youth to the youth of old age and I
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