Mammography

• Nova Scotia Opposition says wait for mammograms shouldn’t be more than a year

  NDP Leader Claudia Chender said she's spoken to people who are receiving mammogram appointment dates in October of next year.

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  May 21
  
• New mammography unit installed at hospital in Salmon Arm

  “This is a significant step in the ongoing effort to improve access to rural health care,” said Interior Health CEO Susan Brown.

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  Oct 6, 2023
  
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• Mobile mammography service to visit Morley, Cochrane and Diamond Valley

  Women in Morley, Cochrane and Diamond Valley will have local access to mammography services when the AHS Screen Test program arrives in their communities next month.

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  Sep 27, 2023
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• ‘Outdated’ breast cancer screening guidelines failing Canadian women: report

  Each province has its own set of guidelines and not all let women book their own mammograms in their 40s, when the risk of breast cancer increases, experts say.  

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  Oct 3, 2021
• London, Ont. researchers are first in North America to use new breast cancer test

  The new method is said to be faster, more comfortable, and lower cost.

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  Aug 24, 2020
• London, Ont. study aims to find better way of detecting breast cancer through 3D imaging

  Researchers at Lawson Research Institute want to learn whether 3D imaging is better at finding abnormalities than the conventional 2D mammogram.

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  Dec 19, 2019
• Nova Scotia first province to include breast density results in all mammograms

  The Nova Scotia health department is encouraging any women who have had a screening done in the last two years to contact their primary health care provide and ask for their breast density information.

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  Oct 29, 2019
• Dragon Flies donate $10,000 to support new 3-D mammography unit at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay

  A 3-D mammography unit will open at the hospital in a few weeks.

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  Oct 24, 2018
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• New digital mammography unit arrives at Cobourg hospital

  A new digital mammgraphy unit has been added to Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg.

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  Jul 5, 2018
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• Poppy campaign supports 3D mammography unit at Lindsay hospital

  The Lindsay Legion raised $20,000 to go towards a new mammography unit at Ross Memorial Hospital

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  May 15, 2018