4 Screening Tests Women Fear

Millions of Americans delay-- or even skip--key health screenings such as mammograms, MRIs, and colonoscopies for just one simple reason: fear. Because overcoming your dread of these exams can literally save your life, we gathered experts' best tips for getting through them with minimal discomfort--plus news about the latest high-tech alternatives. Mammogram What It Does By taking x-rays of a flattened breast, mammography can detect 80 to 90 percent of breast cancers--even ones too tiny to...Full Story