At my annual OB/GYN appointment, I tug at my robe and pick at my cuticles as I ask my doctor the dreaded question: “What can I do about breast cancer?” My maternal grandmother died of the disease in her 40s. I have friends who were diagnosed even younger. I’m 29 and too young by current guidelines for a mammogram.
My doctor always tells me the same thing: Eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, limit my alcohol, and don’t partake in drugs or tobacco. All good advice, yet gauging my risk through lifestyle and family history makes me feel like I’m trying to catch smoke between my fingers—nothing feels tangible enough for me to grasp. Now there’s a groundbreaking, FDA-approved tool called Clairity Breast that might give the clearest picture yet of someone’s true breast cancer risk.
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