{"id":68586,"date":"2026-01-11T09:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=68586"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:48:38","slug":"when-should-i-get-a-mammogram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>
\"Annual
A radiology tech explains a mammogram to a UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center patient. Making sure you start annual mammograms at age 40 is essential for the early detection of breast cancer. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer, a sobering statistic that makes an annual mammogram critically important to detect cancer at its earliest stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe earlier we find it, the best chance we have to cure it, with the easiest treatment,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Malaika Thompson<\/a>, breast radiologist at UCHealth Gloria Gossard Breast Care Center in Steamboat Springs. \u201cThat is why getting an annual\u00a0mammogram\u00a0is so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

A\u00a02024 study<\/a> by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0<\/span>found that many women ages 50 to 74 who should be getting mammograms are not. Missing a mammogram can be deadly since about 40,000 women die from breast cancer each year in the U.S. The newest research found that women who lack access to doctors or transportation to a medical system may be unlikely to get regular mammograms. In addition, people who were struggling economically and were unemployed, underemployed, didn’t have access to healthy foods and were socially isolated, were not getting recommended mammograms. To help everyone understand why regular mammograms are so important, we consulted with Thompson.<\/p>\n

When should I get a mammogram?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All major medical societies with expertise in breast cancer agree that beginning mammography screening at age 40 saves the most lives. Annual screening is key. For women 50 and older, getting a mammogram only every other year can miss up to 30% of cancers.<\/p>\n

Women should continue screening if they have no other life-limiting illnesses, and a variety of treatments can be explored for women at all stages of life if cancer is detected. For instance, women unable to have surgery for cancer can instead be treated with hormone-blocking medication.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is not one decade of life when most women will get breast cancer, as studies show it\u2019s evenly distributed in each decade of life from a woman\u2019s 40s through 80,\u2019\u2019 said Thompson. \u201cIn fact, one out of every six breast cancers is found in women in their 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stats show that breast cancer screenings save lives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Major breakthroughs in breast imaging and diagnostic capabilities have contributed to breast cancer being so commonly diagnosed. \u201cWe can find it better and earlier because of the amazing technology we have,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n

She said there is room for optimism, as the number of women dying of breast cancer has decreased by nearly 40% since the 1980s through early detection and medical advances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe knowledge, the research and the breakthroughs we\u2019re seeing in breast cancer are incredibly positive,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cThat\u2019s why I encourage women to use all the tools we have, along with the progress we\u2019re making, to keep yourself healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many women often wonder what puts them at a higher risk for breast cancer. While increased weight, a sedentary lifestyle or consuming alcohol are lifestyle aspects that are thought to increase the odds, the two top risk factors come down to being a woman and age.<\/p>\n

Another assumption is that women who have no family history of breast cancer can put off screening. But Thompson noted that over 75% of women who develop breast cancer have no significant family history of it.<\/p>\n

Having a family history of cancer may indicate that earlier or specialized breast cancer screening is needed. There is an increased risk if you have a\u00a0close\u00a0blood relative or three or more family members who have had breast,\u00a0ovarian or pancreatic cancer, as well as male relatives with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to know the medical history of those close to you, and whether there are red flags you need to be aware of that could affect your health,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cTalk to your relatives, and then talk to your health care provider.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to make your annual mammogram appointment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With women leading hectic lives in the home and workplace, it can be easy to forget to make an annual breast screening appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen lose track of time because we lead busy lives and tend to take care of others, whether it\u2019s our children, spouse or parents,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t take long \u2013\u00a0generally\u00a0just a few minutes and perhaps\u00a0slight discomfort \u2014 so let\u2019s remember to keep reminding our mothers, daughters, partners and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

And for those who get a callback from their provider saying they need to return for more images after the initial screening? Thompson said approximately 80% of cases turn out to be normal after additional images.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand it can be scary, but the screening does what it\u2019s supposed to do,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s so important to get those pictures taken. Use the tools we have to keep you healthy and reduce your risk of dying from cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared in the Steamboat Pilot.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer, a sobering statistic that makes an annual mammogram critically important to detect cancer at its earliest stage. \u201cThe earlier we find it, the best chance we have to cure it, with the easiest treatment,\u201d said\u00a0Dr. Malaika Thompson, breast radiologist at UCHealth Gloria Gossard Breast Care Center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2357,"featured_media":68592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[708,655,4800,4801,1046,45,4097,9187,9171,212],"class_list":["post-68586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","tag-adults-65-plus","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breast-health-services","tag-breast-imaging-and-tests","tag-health-screening","tag-mammography","tag-preventive-care","tag-readysetco","tag-senior-care","tag-womens-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhen should I get a mammogram? - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCHealth Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c91e8a4932eea6caad6cc64ac28dede\"},\"headline\":\"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":833,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/15151032\\\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Adults 65+\",\"Breast cancer\",\"Breast health services\",\"Breast imaging and tests\",\"Health screening\",\"Mammography\",\"Preventive care\",\"Ready. Set. CO\",\"Senior care\",\"Women's care\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Healthy living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/\",\"name\":\"When should I get a mammogram? - UCHealth Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/15151032\\\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/15151032\\\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/15151032\\\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp\",\"width\":800,\"height\":534,\"caption\":\"A radiology tech explains a mammogram to a patient at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center. Photo: UCHealth.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"description\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UCHealth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"UCHealth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uchealth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uchealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/14839\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c91e8a4932eea6caad6cc64ac28dede\",\"name\":\"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth\"},\"description\":\"Mary Gay Broderick is a Denver-based freelance writer with more than 25 years experience in journalism, marketing, public relations and communications. She enjoys telling compelling stories about healthcare, especially the dedicated UCHealth professionals and the people whose lives they transform. She enjoys skiing, hiking, biking and traveling, along with baking (mostly) successful desserts for her husband and three daughters.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/author\\\/mgbroderick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"When should I get a mammogram? - UCHealth Today","description":"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer","og_description":"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/","og_site_name":"UCHealth Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uchealth","twitter_site":"@uchealth","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/"},"author":{"name":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/7c91e8a4932eea6caad6cc64ac28dede"},"headline":"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer","datePublished":"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/"},"wordCount":833,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp","keywords":["Adults 65+","Breast cancer","Breast health services","Breast imaging and tests","Health screening","Mammography","Preventive care","Ready. Set. CO","Senior care","Women's care"],"articleSection":["Healthy living"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/","name":"When should I get a mammogram? - UCHealth Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp","datePublished":"2026-01-11T16:15:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-14T20:48:38+00:00","description":"One in eight women develops breast cancer. And 30% of cases are missed when women, aged 50-70, only get a mammogram every other year.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/02\/15151032\/Radiology-tech-explains-mammogram-tiny.webp","width":800,"height":534,"caption":"A radiology tech explains a mammogram to a patient at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center. Photo: UCHealth."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/when-should-i-get-a-mammogram\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Annual screenings key to fighting breast cancer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","name":"UCHealth Today","description":"UCHealth Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization","name":"UCHealth","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"UCHealth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/x.com\/uchealth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uchealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/14839\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/7c91e8a4932eea6caad6cc64ac28dede","name":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9d579b3ef424861e3376c7c220aff746632d6c832db6518dfb106680e04f407?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth"},"description":"Mary Gay Broderick is a Denver-based freelance writer with more than 25 years experience in journalism, marketing, public relations and communications. She enjoys telling compelling stories about healthcare, especially the dedicated UCHealth professionals and the people whose lives they transform. She enjoys skiing, hiking, biking and traveling, along with baking (mostly) successful desserts for her husband and three daughters.","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/mgbroderick\/"}]}},"coauthors":[{"id":2357,"name":"Mary Gay Broderick, for UCHealth","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/mgbroderick\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68586"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68607,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68586\/revisions\/68607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}