Mammograms on the beach: New tech aims to ease women’s anxiety
SensorySuite is an interactive experience that helps alleviate the anxiety and perceived pain many patients report feeling during mammograms. (Courtesy Baptist Medical Group)
Baptist Medical Group Clinic is now using the power of sight, sound and even smell to help patients feel less tense during their mammograms.
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Mammogram Baptist Medical Group breast cancer women's healthAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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