It is there that the electrical impulses are interpreted into sight. Damage to the optic nerve interrupts this flow of visual information. In glaucoma, researchers believe that the ganglion cells of the retina, as well as the support cells within the optic nerve, can die for various reasons.
If you have had breast-conserving surgery, you need to continue to get mammograms. If you have had a mastectomy, you may not need a mammogram. Regardless of what breast cancer surgery you have had, you will still need to get mammograms of the unaffected breast. This is very important, because women who have had one breast cancer are at higher risk of developing a new cancer in the other breast.
All women over 40 -- and especially those 65 or older -- should get annual mammograms. Studies show that even many doctors are unaware of the importance of mammograms for older women and, in fact, do not make mammogram referrals often enough after age 65.