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Besides cancer, breast checkups may also gauge a person’s risk for heart disease

KFF Health News | By Jackie Fortier
Published October 21, 2024 at 6:16 AM CDT

Breast x-rays, better known as mammograms, are typically used to detect breast cancer. But the pictures also show whether arteries in the breast have calcified.

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