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Is Breast Cancer Screening Safe? Understanding Radiation from Mammograms

June 11, 2025

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By Randy Miles, MD

Mammography screening is the only imaging tool proven to reduce breast cancer related death. It helps doctors find breast cancer early — when it's easier to treat and before it spreads to other parts of the body. Despite the benefits of mammography, some patients may worry about radiation used with these imaging tests. Here is what you need to know.

Mammograms Use a Very Low Dose of Radiation

Mammograms use a very low dose of radiation to create images of the breast.

Charting Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Epic

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Images Matter: A Guide to Reducing Stigma in Visual Media

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Our ophthalmologists and optometrists treat a variety of conditions, including but not limited to:

Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism
Cataracts
Glaucoma
Diabetic retinopathy
Macular degeneration
Retinal holes, tears, and detachments
Strabismus
Chalazion
Ptosis
Dermatochalasis
Uveitis and vitreoretinal diseases
Keratoconus

Denver Health's Mobile Health Centers Bring Expert Care to You!

With hospital-quality exam rooms, complete privacy, and convenient locations across Denver, getting screened has never been easier.

Mammogram and Breast Imaging Frequently Asked Questions

Mammograms save lives by x-ray imaging the breast and revealing healthy or cancerous breast tissue.

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Denver Health Honored for Exceptional Diabetes Care

June 04, 2025

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The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and The Leapfrog Group named 36 hospitals across 12 states as 2025 Recognized Leaders in Caring for People Living with Diabetes. Of the hospitals, Denver Health is the only health provider in Colorado to be recognized for its exceptional inpatient diabetes care.

The award recognizes each hospital’s strong commitment to the safety and well-being of hospitalized people living with diabetes, estimated to be 30 percent of all inpatients nationwide.

See a pediatric urgent care provider at a time and place that is convenient for you with Denver Health's Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care. During your child’s virtual urgent care experience, you will meet with your provider, have your condition assessed, and be provided a treatment plan, all via video. Current Denver Health patients will also receive an after-visit summary in their MyChart account.

Your insurance provider will be billed for the visit.

Yes, our telehealth and virtual services are offered in multiple languages. Please specify your preferred language in the link.

If you don't have insurance or if your insurance doesn't cover Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care, you will be invited to follow up with our enrollment services team. Enrollment services will discuss options with you which may include enrollment in Medicaid, Medicare or the Denver Health Financial Assistance Program (DFAP). A bill will be sent to you or your insurance company. The amount of financial assistance to which you are entitled, will be based on your income and other factors. There is no additional cost for video visits. Your copays, coinsurance and deductibles are the same as an in-person visit.

Please cancel your pediatric virtual urgent care or telehealth visit as soon as you can.

Denver Health Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care doctors can help patients with a wide range of symptoms, including:

Cold and flu
Sore throat
Cough
Medication refills
Toothache
Vomiting/diarrhea
COVID-19 testing
Rashes, boils and minor cuts
Sinus infection
Seasonal allergies
Pink eye
Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Additional Notes on Symptoms/Conditions

We cannot evaluate an asthma attack, prolonged ear pain or fever in young babies because we cannot listen to your child’s lungs, see inside their ears, or examine your baby during a virtual visit.
We can order a urine test to evaluate for a urine infection, but this will require you to provide a urine sample to any Denver Health lab.
We can order a strep throat and/or COVID test, but this will require you to come to the Pediatric Urgent Care at the main hospital for us to collect the specimen to send to the lab.

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Virtual Urgent Care Now Available for Denver Health MyChart Users

Is Breast Cancer Screening Safe? Understanding Radiation from Mammograms

June 11, 2025

Mammograms Use a Very Low Dose of Radiation

Charting Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Epic

Images Matter: A Guide to Reducing Stigma in Visual Media

Denver Health's Mobile Health Centers Bring Expert Care to You!

Mammogram and Breast Imaging Frequently Asked Questions

Interested in this surgery?

Denver Health Honored for Exceptional Diabetes Care

June 04, 2025

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MyChart Login

MyChart for Mobile

MyChart Sign Up

Virtual Urgent Care Now Available for Denver Health MyChart Users

June 11, 2025

Mammograms Use a Very Low Dose of Radiation

Charting Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Epic

Images Matter: A Guide to Reducing Stigma in Visual Media

Denver Health's Mobile Health Centers Bring Expert Care to You!

Mammogram and Breast Imaging Frequently Asked Questions

Interested in this surgery?

June 04, 2025

I have Medicaid, will I have to pay for the Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care visit or is it free?

Is Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care available in languages other than English?

What if my insurance does not cover the cost or if I don’t have insurance?

What if I need to cancel my telehealth appointment?

What symptoms / conditions are treated?

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