Based on a recent study published in the journal, Radiology, digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers faster diagnostic performance. As mammography screening has made the shift to digital technology, an array of computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR) sy...

In 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (UPSTF) established guidelines recommending biennial mammography screening for women between the ages of 50 and 74. While today, researchers suggest that following this recommendation would be just as effective and save the US health care system $4.3 bi...

Kuster has cosponsored Breast Density and Mammography Report Act to promote better breast cancer detection, prevention Studies show women with dense breast tissue four times more likely to develop breast cancer SALEM, NH (January 28, 2014) – As part of her commitment to helping improve women’s...

According to a recent study, the problem of possible dangers from mammography have been brought out center fold in a New York Times op-ed piece stating that “the false alarms in breast cancer screening are a problem that needs to be fixed." The op-ed article was predicated on a commentary publi...

Studies have demonstrated that women with dense breast tissue are prone to having a higher rate of contracting breast cancer. Eighteen states have endorsed dense breast notification laws, and 10 more have laws currently in the works, waiting to be approved and passed. But exactly who is supposed ...

American Fork, Utah, December 30, 2013 – Novarad is ending 2013 celebrating sales. It closed contracts and is finalizing installs for the following nine facilities: Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, NJ, purchased NovaPACS. Grand Island Clinic in Grand Island, Neb., purchased NovaPACS. ...

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a nipple aspirate test should not displace the mammography imaging procedure or otherwise be used on its own to screen for breast cancer. "The FDA is not aware of any valid scientific data to show that a nipple aspirate test by itself is an effec...

American Fork, Utah, December 16, 2013 – Novarad expands its southern PACS installations adding a community hospital and clinic. The contracts, facilitated by Novarad South, a Novarad distributor, include: Pioneer Health Services of Oneida, a clinic in Oneida, Tenn. Macon County General Hospita...

Based on a new study, the occurrence of mammography may not have an affect on the size of tumors when they're detected, but fewer screens may be linked to more lymph node positivity. According to Lilian Wang, MD, of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, and peers, there were no ma...

In a large screening study at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), researchers compared breast imaging results from 3-D mammography, known as digital breast tomosynthesis, to results from standard digital mammography, which is the most widely used breast cancer screening procedure o...