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What Can a Heart Scan Tell You? Calcium Scoring and CCTA
Heart disease is often silent until it leads to a heart attack or stroke. A CT heart scan can detect early warning signs, helping you and your doctor assess your risk and take preventive action. What a Heart Scan Reveals About Your Health Doctors can use many tests to understand your heart health. For example,…
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Answers About Your Upcoming Abdominal CT Scan
If you are dealing with concerning symptoms in your abdomen, such as pain or blood in your urine, obtaining a swift diagnosis is paramount to finding relief. When a physical examination alone isn’t enough to identify the cause of abdominal symptoms, a physician requires detailed internal images of the organs. This is where the abdominal…
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Dense Breast Tissue and What That Means for Your Breast Health
Understanding your breast density is a crucial part of assessing your overall breast cancer risk and making informed decisions about your long-term breast health. While you may be familiar with how your breasts normally look and feel through monthly self-exams, dense breast tissue is something you cannot identify by touch or sight alone; it can…
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12 Conditions Chest CT Scans Help Diagnose
If you are experiencing unexplained chest symptoms or if an initial chest X-ray revealed unexpected findings, your physician may order a chest CT scan or an MRI scan to gain a clearer understanding of your internal health. Chest CT scans are an advanced imaging technology that is a commonly used, versatile tool that produces detailed…
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How High Is Too High? When PSA Levels Warrant a Prostate MRI
If you’re 50 or older, your primary care provider has likely discussed measuring your prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a simple test that offers a unique look into your prostate health. When PSA levels rise, other tests, such as prostate MRI, can help pinpoint the root of any potential problem and determine your treatment plan. Here’s…
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Breast Cancer Risk: Taking Charge of Your Breast Health
Breast cancer is a major health concern affecting hundreds of thousands of women (and thousands of men) every year. Understanding breast cancer risk factors associated with this disease is the first step in taking control of your health. While gender, genetics, and age play significant roles, empowering yourself with informed lifestyle choices can help make…
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Breast Awareness: Breast Health Starts at Home
Being “breast aware” is an essential step in taking charge of your breast health, and monthly breast self-exams are a key practice in achieving this. By getting to know your breasts, you’ll become familiar with their normal appearance and feel, allowing you to notice any changes more easily. Guidelines recommend that women begin performing self-exams…
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Mammography Technologist: Part of Your Breast Care Team
When you come in for a mammogram at Windsong Radiology, you can count on receiving comprehensive breast health services. Our experienced team of mammography technologists works with our expert radiologists who are subspecialized in breast health to provide compassionate, personalized care for all patients. The mammography technologist will guide you through the entire process, making…
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Saturday, August 3, 2025– Let’s Go To Bat for Cancer Screening!
Join the Windsong Cares Foundation for Let’s Go To Bat For Cancer Screening! On Sunday, August 3rd we will gather at 1:05 PM in Section 114 at Sahlen Field for an afternoon of baseball and to celebrate those who know first-hand the importance of cancer screening to save lives including patients, survivors, caregivers, screeners, our…
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BRCA Gene Testing: Learn Your Risk of Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Understanding your genetic risk for cancer can be life-changing. BRCA gene testing can provide answers about your likelihood of developing breast or ovarian cancer so you can take proactive steps for your health. If you have a family history of breast cancer or other hereditary risk factors for cancer, you may be eligible for testing.…
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How Long Does an MRI Take? What You Need to Know
To find the cause of a sore knee, aching back, or another irritating or concerning symptom, your physician needs an inside look. For that, they may order a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the tissues, muscles, organs, or blood vessels in question to inform diagnosis and a treatment plan. One of your next questions…