Awareness of breast density appears to increase one’s perceived breast cancer risk for a short time after undergoing mammography in Northern Manhattan according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Shearwood McClelland III’s grandfather was a ditchdigger who dreamed that his six Black daughters would become doctors. McClelland’s mother did not disappoint—she became the first Black woman board-certified in maternal fetal medicine in the history of the United States. Now, McClelland is the chief medical officer of Cancer Health Equity at the University of Oklahoma...
