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The presence of calcium in coronary arteries is a much better predictor of heart attack and stroke than C-reactive protein among people with normal levels of LDL cholesterol, according to a study of more than 2,000 people led by a Johns Hopkins heart specialist.  Click here to learn more about...

The physician owners of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology are proud to announce that Julie S. Lee, M.D. has joined their staff as a Board-Certified Radiologist with Fellowships in both Breast Imaging and Interventional Radiology.  Dr. Lee enjoys general radiology but her major focus will...

The physician owners of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology are proud to announce that Zaixiang Sherry Zhang, M.D., PhD has joined their staff as a Board-Certified Radiologist with a fellowship in Neuroradiology.  Dr.  Zhang will interpret general radiology studies for patients in both Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology...

Screening smokers and ex-smokers with spiral CT scans can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20% without triggering too many dangerous or unnecessary tests that sometimes result from cancer screening programs, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

After conducting a more thorough analysis of data from a...

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has awarded West Haven Radiology a three-year term of accreditation in  Breast Ultrasound Imaging Services, making West Haven Radiology the only Breast Ultrasound accredited imaging facility in West Haven.  West Haven Radiology is also the only imaging facility in West Haven that is ACR certified in...

Despite widely publicized claims to the contrary, thermography should not be used in place of mammography for breast cancer screening or diagnosis, according to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in a statement issued in June, 2011.

The FDA says mammography - an x-ray of the breast - is still the most...

The Radiologists and Staff of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology proudly support the Joint Statement released by the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging on Radiation Received to the Thyroid from Mammography:

April 4, 2011

Some Americans have expressed concern, due to an erroneous media report,...

Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology will be exhibiting at the 9th Annual Women's Health Conference, sponsored by the Guilford Women and Family Life Center, on Sunday, March 6, from 8 am until 3 pm.  The conference will be held at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, located near Yale University...

For the second consecutive year, Jeffrey Takahashi, MD, and Craig Walden, MD, Radiologists at Guilford Radiology, West Haven Radiology, and Middlesex Hospital have been named Best Doctors.  The total 2011 listing of Best Doctors will appear in the April, 2011 edition of Connecticut Magazine.

The Top Doctors listing is developed through a...

The Radiologists and Staff of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology are proud to announce their participation in the Image Wisely campaign, recently launched to optimize radiation dose used in adult medical imaging and ensure that patients receive only necessary scanspromote safe adult imaging practices.  The campaign is a  collaborative...

ABC World News (covered a story yesterday that, according to the news outlet, "riveted the medical community." Calling the discovery "a holy grail of modern medicine," ABC's Chief Health and Medical Editor Richard Besser, MD, explained that the "largest study ever of lung cancer screening" indicates that it helps reduce...

Screening smokers and ex-smokers with high-tech CT scans has been shown for the first time to significantly cut deaths from lung cancer, the leading cancer killer, federal health officials said Thursday.

A long-awaited study of more than 53,000 middle-aged and elderly people who once smoked heavily or currently smoke heavily found 20...

The West Haven Vein Center is pleased to offer Free Vein Screenings on Tuesday, September 4 and Saturday, September 11.  Jeffrey Takahashi, M.D., Interventional Radiologist and specialist in the treatment of Venous Disorders, is expanding his highly respected Vein practice with this additional location in West Haven, and will be personally...

Governor Rell signed into Connecticut law a bill which should help us to detect obscure breast cancer in some patients, those who have been diagnosed to have dense breast tissue, and the physicians and staff of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology want to be sure that our patients and referring...

The physician owners of Guilford Radiology and West Haven Radiology have unanimously elected Michael Crain, M.D. to serve as their President of the practice. In this role, Dr. Crain will provide strategic leadership to this growing radiology practice, working with his partners and staff to ensure that they continue to offer...