Mammograms can do more than detect breast cancer – they also offer important clues on heart health

By Matthew Nudy, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Penn State

If you’re a woman over 40, you have no doubt heard your doctor tell you to get a mammogram as part of routine screening for breast cancer. But there’s another reason, too.

A mammogram can show no sign of breast cancer and still reveal something worth discussing with a doctor: calcium deposits in the medium-sized arteries that carry blood to the breast. These calcium deposits may offer a clue to a woman’s future heart health.

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