{"id":914001,"date":"2026-10-02T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914001\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T23:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:28:37","slug":"routine-mammograms-save-lives-mirage-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/914001\/","title":{"rendered":"Routine Mammograms Save Lives | Mirage News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 43, a routine mammogram changed Allison Clark&#8217;s life<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/alllison-and-mitchell-for-uct-998x665.png\" alt=\"Two women standing together\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tAllison Clark and Dr. Sunny Mitchell raise awareness about early detection that saved Allison&#8217;s life.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>At 43, Allison Clark discovered she had breast cancer through a routine mammogram-only her third. In this breast cancer awareness segment on WFSB Great Day CT she shares her personal story and the importance of early detection, while UConn Health&#8217;s Dr. Sunny Mitchell, director of the Breast Program  discusses breast cancer awareness, screening and treatment options.<\/p>\n<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a reminder to make your health a priority, if you&#8217;re due for a mammogram, schedule yours today but calling The Beekley Imaging Center at UConn Health at 860-679-3634 or at UConn Health Imaging at 860-670-2800.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \/Public Release.  This material from the originating organization\/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).View in full <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color:#999;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/routine-mammograms-save-lives-1754556\/\" dhref=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/10\/routine-mammograms-save-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 43, a routine mammogram changed Allison Clark&#8217;s life Allison Clark and Dr. Sunny Mitchell raise awareness about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137],"class_list":["post-914001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}