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You’ve fol­lowed your physician’s rec­om­men­da­tion and had your year­ly screen­ing mam­mo­gram per­formed, but then you get called back for addi­tion­al imag­ing. Nat­u­ral­ly your ini­tial reac­tion caus­es your blood pres­sure to spike…this is a test that detects breast can­cer after all. How­ev­er, only 10% of women called back for more tests are found to have breast can­cer accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety. Learn more about call-backs and why it might not nec­es­sar­i­ly be cancer.

Dual Ener­gy X‑ray Absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA), also known as Bone Den­si­ty test­ing, is used to diag­nose osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteope­nia. This scan uti­lizes very low dose radi­a­tion to exam­ine the den­si­ty of the bone tis­sue to deter­mine the effects of osteo­poro­sis and assess the risk for poten­tial fractures.

It is impor­tant to be aware that var­i­ous activ­i­ties can impact your blood sug­ar lev­els dif­fer­ent­ly and require addi­tion­al recov­ery time. Blood glu­cose lev­els should be mon­i­tored con­tin­u­ous­ly while engag­ing in phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, includ­ing before and after you exer­cise, to ensure that your blood sug­ar stays with­in a healthy range.

The nose is a pri­ma­ry focal point of the face, and it plays a major role in defin­ing bal­ance and proportion.

While pro­longed hos­pi­tal stays are intend­ed to restore your body, long peri­ods of bedrest may result in var­i­ous phys­i­cal side effects. Break­Through Care Cen­ter physi­cian, Dr. Karl Szafran­s­ki, shares insights to help pre­pare you for phys­i­cal changes that you may expe­ri­ence with a long hos­pi­tal stay.

Con­junc­tivi­tis, the med­ical term for pink eye, is inflam­ma­tion or infec­tion of the trans­par­ent pro­tec­tive mem­brane that lines the eye­lids and the white part of the eye. When the blood ves­sels in the white part of the eye are inflamed it caus­es the eye to have a pink or red­dish appearance.

There are many myths float­ing around the inter­net about smok­ing. Here are four myths (and their truths) so you can get your facts straight when it comes to the top­ic of smoking.

When it comes to prostate can­cer treat­ment there are many dif­fer­ent options for care. Did you know that rough­ly 25 per­cent of men who receive radi­a­tion treat­ment have a recur­rence? A treat­ment called sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py has become avail­able to help treat prostate can­cer reoc­cur­rence. Sal­vage prostate cryother­a­py can offer men a sec­ond chance as long as the can­cer has­n’t spread beyond the prostate.

Our Podi­a­trists dis­cuss caus­es, symp­toms and treat­ments for intoe­ing in infants, young chil­dren and old­er children.

All or a por­tion of the nail plate can be dam­aged when the feet are injured or abused. Nail prob­lems are com­mon­ly caused by improp­er trim­ming, minor injuries or repeat­ed trau­ma. Some nail dis­or­ders can also be con­gen­i­tal. Prop­er trim­ming (along the con­tour) on a reg­u­lar basis can help keep the toe­nails in the pink, as can wear­ing well-fit­ted, low to mod­er­ate­ly heeled shoes.