Mother's Day Mammograms, an Invaluable Gift

HERSHEY - May is a time for hope, the warmth of spring and emerging life. We also celebrate mothers.

It is no secret that annual screening mammograms are responsible for the good health of many women who had early detection of their breast cancer. Now, fully digital mammography is available at most screening locations. This service brings an ease of imaging, with faster technology, more sensitive examinations for younger and high-risk women, and 50 percent lower radiation doses than conventional mammograms.

Florence Nightingale was quoted, "You ask me why I do not write something … I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.”

So,this Mother's Day, "spring" into action. In between the kids' sporting events, spring cleaning and planning for vacation, be sure to take the time to schedule an annual digital mammogram. Encourage women around you -- mothers, daughters, sisters and friends -- to schedule their digital mammograms, too.