Hi everyone, It’s Jennie Dale, Cofounder of Dense Breasts Canada. We’re excited to announce the launch our second platform, MyBreastScreening.ca. Why a second site? Over the past five years, my…

  This year’s theme for #IWD2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. We want to hug whoever chose it. Every day, we #ChooseToChallenge the inequities impacting the health of Canadian women. We know that…

When I first saw this picture of Violet, many things went through my mind. First it was Violet, you’re gorgeous. Then it was, oh that phone! I remember that phone…

Radiation and mammograms There is background radiation all around us. This includes cosmic radiation from the sun and stars, radioactive material in rocks and in the ground, radon gas in…

Libby has a lot going on in her life as she deals with Stage 4 breast cancer, but she has taken the time to share lessons she has learned. Her…

La discrimination et l’inégalité ne sont pas des mots habituellement entendus sur le sujet de la densité mammaire, mais nous sommes d’accord avec la Dre Paula Gordon, qui dans sa dernière présentation https://youtu.be/7uFksz6_4Zk déclaré que les femmes avec des seins denses sont victimes de discrimination.

“Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.” Morgan Harper Nichols We are very grateful to Melanie Cameron for…

Whew! If you’ve ever had a mammogram, you know that feeling of relief when that letter arrives in the mail saying your results are ‘normal.’ Most women exhale and then…

  In 2014, I went for a routine mammogram and screening ultrasound. I know that being sent for both tests for a routine checkup is not the norm in Ontario…