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Positive Ageing Expo for over 55s 31 May 2022 BreastScreen WA will have a stall at the Positive Ageing Expo for 55+! The 2022 Positive AgeingExpo promotes and encourages healthy lifestyle and wellness opportunities for our over 55s community.Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy a wide variety of 50stalls, engaging activities, health checks, discussion corners ortry something new. When:Thursday 2 June | 10am–2pm Where:Walyalup Civic Centre, 151 High Street Fremantle, Walyalup Koort This is a free event. Click here for more information. -
BreastScreen WA launches brand new clinic in Joondalup 13 May 2022 BreastScreen WA celebrated the launch of a brand-new state-of-the-art screening and assessment centre located in Joondalup. Distinguished guests included the Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson Minister for Health, as well as Dr Jodi Graham WNHS Executive Director, Dr Shirley Bowen Chief Executive North Metropolitan Health Service, Nicole Flendt Nurse Co-Director WNHS, Emily Hamilton MLA member for Joondalup and Mayor of Joondalup Albert Jacob. The Minister for Health officially opened the new facility and recognised the “champions” of this monumental project. Noongar Elder Auntie Marie Taylor performed a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony to cleanse and ward off bad spirits. The new facility will be able to perform 11,000 screens per year, as well as provide diagnostic mammography, ultrasound, and biopsy services in the Perth Northern corridor. Murals featuring a world map and ima... -
BreastScreen WA and the University of WA 21 March 2022 Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the world. There is currently no available screening tool to identify which women have a high risk of developing heart disease, but there is evidence emerging to indicate calcification forming along the walls of the arteries within the breast is associated with heart disease. This calcification is a common finding on a screening mammogram, although it is not reported because it is not associated with breast cancer. It is possible that the already established mammography screening program could also be useful to screen for heart disease. To investigate this possibility, we are conducting Australia’s first study to determine if breast artery calcification is associated with heart disease in women. A selection of women aged 40 to 75 with no history of heart disease attending for their screening mammogram will be invited to participa... -
Our mobile screening units have had a makeover! 20 March 2022 BSWA mobile screening units have a fresh new look. All four units have undergone a transformation to make them brighter and more inviting. The new wrap decals incorporate the Aboriginal artwork that was commissioned specifically for BSWA along with a unique desert flower featuring as the hero of each design. A perfect pop of colour is achieved with a light pink wash to the background of the graphics. The feedback so far has been very positive with everyone loving the new bright and colourful looks. We look forward to seeing many more images of the mobile units as the travel around Western Australia bringing vital screening services to women living in remote and rural communities. -
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists - COVID-19 vaccination Position statement 18 January 2022 Updated statement on COVID vaccination related unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) The RANZCR have updated their advice on unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID vaccination, which can befound here. The important message from the RANZCR is that the occurrence of axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID vaccinations is rare and women are not recommended to delay screening mammograms.
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17/01/2023