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Mammograms might offer a 'two-for-one' health check for women

A new type of AI can use mammogram scans to assess women’s heart health

The AI was about as accurate as existing heart risk calculators

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says.

Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the journal Heart .

A new AI model using mammogram scans can provide heart health risk scores as well as those developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) and other expert groups, researchers said.

“By integrating cardiovascular risk screening with breast

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