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Honoring Technologists on National Radiologic Technology Week
Nov 4, 2019 8:45:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
Reasons to Celebrate
Each year during the week of November 8, we celebrate National Radiologic Technology week to highlight the vital role radiologic technologists (RTs) play in patient care and safety. The American Society of...
Help for Spinal Compression Fractures—Vertebroplasty & Kyphoplasty
Oct 21, 2019 12:39:00 PM Posted by Iowa Radiology
What is a spinal compression fracture?
Most often seen in patients with osteoporosis, spinal compression fractures occur when the vertebrae lack sufficient strength to support the spine. This can also happen as a result of...
Breast Cancer Awareness 2019
Oct 5, 2019 8:35:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
Breast Cancer Risk
Breast cancer affects hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. each year. On average, a woman has approximately a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer during her lifetime and a 1 in 38 chance of dying...
What Should I Know About Abbreviated Breast MRI?
Sep 23, 2019 8:15:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
Abbreviated breast MRI is a new enhanced breast cancer screening option for women with dense breast tissue and less than a 20% lifetime risk of breast cancer.
September Is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Sep 9, 2019 8:30:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
It is estimated that in the U.S., one in 285 children will be diagnosed with cancer before their twentieth birthday. While survival of childhood cancer has increased dramatically in recent decades, the incidence of cancer in...
Colonoscopy Isn’t the Only Way—Choices for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Aug 26, 2019 1:35:00 PM Posted by Iowa Radiology
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 1 in 22 men and 1 in 24 women in the U.S. develops colorectal cancer at some time during their lives.[1] The National Cancer Institute expects 140,600 patients to be diagnosed with...
6 Things to Know about MRI
Aug 12, 2019 10:54:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
MRI is an important imaging tool for diagnosing and assessing a wide range of medical conditions. If an MRI may be in your future, here are six basic facts you should know.
Modern Breast Cancer Screening
Jul 29, 2019 8:33:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
Dating back to the 1970s, the use of mammography in breast cancer screening has proven to save lives. Breast cancer screening has evolved dramatically, however, since those early days of direct-exposure film and the need for high...
It’s Usually Not Cancer—Benign Breast Conditions
Jul 14, 2019 8:30:00 AM Posted by Iowa Radiology
Women’s Pelvic Ultrasound—Transabdominal vs. Transvaginal
Jul 1, 2019 4:23:00 PM Posted by Iowa Radiology
If your doctor orders a pelvic ultrasound exam, images can be captured in two different ways: transabdominally (through the abdomen) and transvaginally (through the vaginal canal). Depending on the patient and the condition being...