Turns out, women (including myself) worry more about breast health than the more statistically-ominous condition: heart disease. Women are more likely to develop the latter than the former. That said, here's a great Mayo Clinic piece on health issues women need to pay attention to.
The Mayo Clinic is on my mind for two reasons: One, a friend went to the one in Minnesota recently and they got him back on the right track. He'd been having various symptoms, including rapid weight loss, and docs here couldn't pinpoint it. Or they thought they could but he kept suffering. He got up there and various specialists said, "No, it's this but not this," etc., and now he has his life back. I'm very grateful.
Second, another friend who's being treated for cancer is the model for patient advocacy. I can see how he'd bug the stew out of his health care providers; but then again, it's his body and his disease.
My hat's off to both these men for being fighters.
Unrelated: A gorgeous day for a bike ride!
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