Deb Balzer

If you are planning a pregnancy or just found out you are pregnant, you likely have many questions.

If you are one of the millions of women identified as having dense breasts, your healthcare team may recommend supplemental or additional screening to check your breasts for cancer.

A pregnant woman uses a glucometer at home to check her blood sugar level.

Nearly half of all women who have had a mammogram t o screen for breast cancer have been identified as having dense breasts. This makes it more challenging to detect breast cancer because dense tissue and tumors both appear white on a mammogram. That's one reason why it's recommended to have an additional screening done. But which one?

As the new year begins, many people are setting resolutions to eat healthier, stay active and manage their weight through dieting.

Cervical cancer is almost always caused by persistent high-risk HPV, particularly HPV 16 and HPV 18, which account for about 70% of cases.

Editor's note: January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

Obesity can be a barrier to liver transplant. Learn how Mayo Clinic offers bariatric surgery and liver transplant for some patients.

Excessive alcohol use can harm the body in many ways, including an increase in the risk of various cancers. It damages liver cells, leading to inflammation, scarring and serious conditions such as cirrhosis.

H5N1 bird flu, also known as avian influenza, continues to spread, with reports of a third human case from an unknown exposure source. To date, 67 cases have been confirmed, and one death has been reported in the U.S.