vcMercyHospValley City (CSi) CHI Mercy Health (Mercy Hospial) in Valley City announces that it has implemented the latest in digital technology for mammograms.

Mammographer Barbara Waite-Clark says, “We have the latest in digital technology right here in this hospital, and it’s a lot more comfortable and personable right here.”

She adds, that one in eight women in the U.S., will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes.

She states that women should begin having mammograms when they turn forty, “Because by the time they turn fifty, it could be too late. Breast cancer needs to be caught early. It’s not the number of women who develop breast cancer, but it’s how young they are when they do.”

The equipment used for mammography at Mercy is now all digital. The room is easily accessible, especially for the handicapped.

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