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- Doctors looked carefully at many mammogram images for study.
- A computer program helped to check all the pictures.
- The program found small signs in several breast images.
- These image signs can show a higher heart risk.
- Women in the study were aged forty to seventy-nine.
- Higher signs meant a higher chance of illness later.
- Doctors recommend most women start mammograms at age forty.
- Talk with a doctor about your mammogram results.
Difficult words
- mammogram — an X-ray picture of the breastmammogram images
- program — a set of computer instructionscomputer program
- sign — a small thing that shows a problemsigns
- risk — the chance of something bad happeningheart risk
- recommend — to tell someone what is good to do
- illness — a sickness or health problem
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Discussion questions
- Have you had a mammogram?
- Would you talk with a doctor about your mammogram results?
- At what age would you start mammograms?
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