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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,…
Diagnostic Mammogram: Demystifying Additional Imaging

After having your annual screening mammogram, you may be called back for an additional imaging exam called a diagnostic mammogram so the radiologist can take a closer look at an area of concern seen in the initial mammogram. You may be wondering why you need another mammogram, what to expect, what more imaging might show,…
Dense Breast Tissue and Your Breast Health

How well do you know your breasts? If you perform a monthly breast self-exam, you’re probably familiar with how your breasts normally look and feel. That’s great because it can help you identify changes your primary care physician may want to investigate. There’s something else you should know about your breasts that you can’t learn…
Friday, March 7th – Pink Ribbon Meat Raffle for Windsong Cares Foundation

Don’t miss out! Buy your tickets soon…last year’s Pink Ribbon Meat Raffle was a sell-out. Please help us raise funds to assist WNY breast cancer patients.
Changes to the Board

At their December 17, 2024 meeting, the Windsong Cares Foundation Board of Directors elected Liz Milks as a director to fill a vacancy. Additionally, Marielle Ferstenberg, DO, was elected Vice-President. Pictured are the following members of the Windsong Cares Foundation Board from left to right: Dawn Schlee, Treasurer; Raja Cheruvu, MD, FACR, President; Jolene Wilson,…
Why Winter is the Hot Time for Varicose Vein Treatment

As the weather turns cold, covering your legs is a matter of staying warm and comfortable. Next summer, however, you may be wearing pants, long dresses, or leggings for a different reason: to hide varicose veins. Those dark, bulging, twisted blood vessels visible just under the surface of the skin can affect your self-confidence, activity…
Just the (Mammogram) Facts: Debunking 10 Common Myths

Screening mammography is a cornerstone of women’s health care, but myths about this important type of breast imaging persist. Let’s debunk some common ones and explore key mammogram facts. 1. Myth: Regular mammograms are only for older women. Fact: One out of every six breast cancers develops in women ages 40 to 49, according to…
Find Convenient Self-Pay Care Just Over the Border

Should you cross the border to the U.S. and self-pay for diagnostic imaging services instead of using your health insurance plan to pay for them in Canada? There may be advantages to doing so. Many Canadians are experiencing long wait times for medical care. In fact, a 2023 report by the Fraser Institute found the…
What a Family History of Breast Cancer Really Means for You

You have probably heard that having a family history of breast cancer increases your risk of developing the disease. But an increased risk is not the same thing as a sure thing. There are many risk factors for developing breast cancer — and many women without any of those risk factors still end up with…
Board Officers Elected

The Windsong Cares Foundation elected its officers as follows: Vice President Cristin Priester, Treasurer Dawn Schlee, and Secretary Sabrina Gerster. Dr. Raja Cheruvu is the ex-officio President. Marielle Ferstenberg, DO, and Jolene Wilson will continue as Directors. .
Grant from Harry Dent Family

The Windsong Cares Foundation extends heartfelt gratitude to the Harry Dent Family Foundation, Inc. for their generous grant of $7,500! This funding will help sustain vital initiatives, including bi-monthly informational classes for WNY breast cancer patients preparing for surgery. Each patient is given a comforting blanket as a gesture of our donors’ support.