Actually, Mammograms Should Start When You Turn 40

As breast cancer rates rise in young women, an expert health panel recommends starting routine mammograms earlier, at 40 years old. The recommendation, which was finalized by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday, walks back previous guidelines that advised women to wait until 50.

The task force first published a draft recommendation of the new guidelines in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year...