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Sep 12Thyroid Nodules: How Ultrasound Helps Evaluate a Lump in Your Neck
Finding a lump in your neck, or hearing that a routine exam turned up a "thyroid nodule," can feel unsettling. Your mind may jump straight to the worst case. The ...
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Sep 93.0T vs 1.5T MRI: What the Strength of the Magnet Means for You
If you have been told you need an MRI, you may have come across terms like 3.0T and 1.5T, or heard someone mention an open MRI. These numbers and labels ...
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Sep 6Restless, Aching Legs at Night: Could It Be a Vein Problem?
You finally settle into bed after a long Western New York day, and just as you start to relax, your legs will not cooperate. They feel achy, heavy, or restless, ...
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Sep 3How Vascular Ultrasound Checks Blood Flow Without a Single Incision
When something feels off with your circulation, a heavy ache in your legs, cold feet, or a question about the arteries in your neck, it is natural to wonder what ...
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Aug 31Pelvic Pressure and Frequent Urination: Lesser-Known Fibroid Symptoms
When people think about uterine fibroids, they often picture one thing: heavy, difficult periods. That connection is understandable, because heavier or longer bleeding is one of the most familiar signs. ...
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Aug 28Beyond the Mammogram: When Breast Ultrasound Adds Clarity
When it comes to breast health, screening can feel like a lot to take in. You hear about mammograms, ultrasound, MRI, and dense breast tissue, and it is easy to ...
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Aug 25How Smoking and Diabetes Affect Circulation in Your Legs
Your legs do a lot of quiet work every day, carrying you up the stairs, out to the driveway in winter, and around the yard in summer. When circulation in ...
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Aug 22Low-Dose CT: High-Detail Imaging With Less Radiation
When your provider needs a clear, detailed look inside your body, a CT scan is often one of the most helpful tools available. Computed tomography, usually shortened to CT, is ...
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Aug 19Leg Swelling That Won't Go Down: When to Have Your Veins Evaluated
Swelling in your legs and ankles can be easy to brush off at first. Maybe your shoes feel tighter by the afternoon, or you notice a sock line that takes ...
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Aug 16Life After 50: Why Urinary Symptoms Shouldn't Be Ignored
If you are a man over 50 in Western New York, you may have noticed some changes in how you urinate. Maybe you wake up more than once a night to ...
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Aug 13Weekend Warriors: Common Sports Injuries and How Imaging Helps
You finished a weekend basketball game, a long trail run, or a pickup hockey skate, and now something does not feel right. Maybe your knee swelled overnight, your shoulder aches ...
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Aug 10Carotid Artery Disease: The Silent Stroke Risk in Your Neck
You may have never given your carotid arteries a second thought, and that is exactly why carotid artery disease can be so dangerous. These two important blood vessels run quietly ...
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Aug 7What to Expect During Your First MRI Appointment
If you have an MRI scheduled for the first time, it is completely normal to feel a little uneasy. You may have heard the machine is loud, wondered whether you ...
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Aug 4Fibroids and Fertility: What Western New York Women Often Ask
If you are a woman of childbearing age in Buffalo or the surrounding suburbs, learning that you have fibroids can stir up a lot of questions at once. Many of ...
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Aug 1Why Your Legs Feel Heavy and Achy by the End of the Day
You make it through the day, and by the time you sit down in the evening your legs feel heavy, tired, and achy. Maybe your ankles look a little puffy, ...
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Jul 29Understanding Breast Density and What It Means for Your Imaging
If you have ever read your mammogram results and seen a note that you have dense breast tissue, you may have wondered what that means and whether it is something ...
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Jul 26Cold Feet and Slow-Healing Sores: Early Warning Signs of PAD
When most people picture a circulation problem in the legs, they imagine cramping pain that flares up during a walk. That kind of leg pain matters, but it is not ...
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Jul 23Beyond Pregnancy: The Many Uses of Diagnostic Ultrasound
When most people hear the word ultrasound, they picture a grainy black and white image of a baby on a screen. That single association is so strong that many patients ...
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Jul 20Spider Veins vs. Varicose Veins: Understanding the Difference
If you have noticed new veins on your legs, you may be wondering whether they are something to worry about or simply a cosmetic change. Two of the most common ...
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Jul 17Is Prostate Artery Embolization Right for You? Questions to Ask
If you are a man in your sixties or beyond and you find yourself waking up several times a night to use the bathroom, struggling to start your stream, or ...
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