Women’s Preventative Care Should Go Beyond the Mammogram
Heart disease causes 1 in 5 deaths among women in the United States, more than all cancers combined. Meanwhile, 1 in 2 women over 50 will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture, and hip fractures in particular carry a significant risk of complications or death within the following year.
Preventive screenings have the power to change these numbers. Yet many women never receive them.
Why? Too often, the conversation around women’s health often begins and ends with mammograms. While breast cancer screening is essential, it only solves part of the problem. Conditions like heart disease and osteoporosis impact more women each year, yet they’re less likely to be framed as core women’s health issues.
National Women’s Health Month is an opportunity to draw attention to these conditions and encourage preventive screening—when care is more effective, less invasive, and more affordable.
Here are 4 Screenings Women Shouldn’t Overlook:
- Bone density screening can identify early bone loss before fractures occur.
- Coronary calcium score CT detects plaque buildup in arteries, often years before symptoms of heart disease appear.
- Colon screening helps catch colorectal cancer early, when it’s most treatable.
- Low-dose chest CT is especially important for women with a history of smoking or those in high-risk professions like first responders, where early lung screening can significantly improve outcomes.
Green Imaging Makes Early Detection Easy
Green Imaging offers evidence-based screening solutions designed to deliver meaningful insights—without unnecessary tests that drive up costs and anxiety.
For patients 40 and older, our Year 1 screening uses a single low-dose chest or calcium score (depending on risk factors) CT with add on exams performed from that same CT (depending on age and risk) to provide multiple critical assessments in one streamlined exam and without additional radiation. From there, future screenings are tailored based on individual results. It’s easy, affordable, and built around what actually matters for your members’ long-term health.
This Women’s Health Month, encourage a more complete approach to prevention. The right screenings, at the right time, can make all the difference.
