Putting off mammograms
When you’re in your 30s, your risk of getting breast cancer is 1 in 228. But after you turn 40, the odds jump to 1 in 69, so your doctor will likely recommend that you start getting squished. (Find out what to expect from your first mammogram.) Sherry Ross, MD, an ob-gyn at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, advises that most women start mammograms at 40 and continue getting them annually or bi-annually, depending on your personal risk factors.