Welcome! The Borough of Seaside Park, located on the Barnegat Barrier Island in Ocean County, New Jersey, was incorporated in 1898. Seaside Park is a small town of only 0.77 square miles with a year-round population of just over 2,200 residents. With almost two miles of shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, the boroughâs main industry is summer tourism.
For years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) urged women to start mammograms at age 40, but they recently changed their guidelines. They now recommend beginning them at age 45, or at 40 if the patient chooses.
Annual mammograms starting at age 40 may not be the norm anymore. (iStockPhoto) Nobody enjoys getting a mammogram, but it is an essential prevention measure against breast cancer deaths. Some experts, however, are questioning how often women really need mammograms to detect cancer and ultimately save lives. Most women are used to hearing that they should get a mammogram every year starting at age 40.