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Welcome to Women’s Health Imaging Quarterly.
Without question, women today have more access to information about their personal health than ever before. But much of it lacks the authenticity of a genuine conversation between a physician and her patient.
The topics in Women’s Health Imaging Quarterly come from the questions my own patients ask most frequently. If these are your questions, too, my hope is for Women’s Health Imagining Quarterly to inform, reassure, and educate you. I hope you find this helpful and informative.
Lisa Weinstock, MD
Good news for Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) alleviates the discomfort of menopause by restoring estrogen and progesterone to premenopausal levels. But research in the last decade found a dramatic increase in the occurrence of breast cancer among women who took HRT. Now there is some good news... [read more]
Waiting for Biopsy results causes more than anxiety
The anxiety you feel while waiting for biopsy results is not just in your mind—it’s in your blood. The nation’s average wait-time for biopsy results is two-and-a-half days. But researchers found that... [read more]
Breast self-exams: Lifesaver or time waster?
Into the late 1980s, the most common doctor-recommended breast cancer screening method was... [read more]
WDI brings Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) to New Jersey
When used to find early cancers, BSGI, is comparable to MRI. The differences are fewer false positives, and testing costs that are nearly one-third the price of an MRI. BSGI is recommended for women who are in the high risk category and... [read more]
The Future Of New Screening Technology: Is It Here...Or Is It Hype?
Every year in the United States, millions of women over the age of 40 go for an annual mammogram. New technologies are emerging that promise to make breast cancer detection even more accurate. [read more]
Report Calms Qualms About Caffeine
Researchers find no link between caffeine and breast cancer
Good news for the bleary eyed: researchers studying a sample group of over 39,000 women concluded that caffeine, even large amounts, does not increase breast cancer risk. [read more]
Genetic Counselors Prove Essential To Genetic Testing
Within the last number of years, genetic predisposition testing has emerged as one of the most important screening tools available for women at high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. [read more]
Genetic Testing: When To Go, What To Know
Genetic testing is pretty straightforward, but the non-stop media hype about testing has given rise to many misconceptions. For instance, that a positive result either means... [read more]
New Study Confirms: Mammogram + Ultrasound = Higher Rate Of Detection
A long-awaited study was released in May by the Journal of the American Medical Association confirming that ultrasound combined with mammography is more effective... [read more]
Vitamin-D For Deficiency?
Getting a “D” may wreck your school transcript, but getting enough Vitamin-D is a great way to have healthy teeth and bones, a strong immune system, and a balanced hormonal system. [read more]
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