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Lufkin Texas (December 13, 2016) – Beginning December 13, Woodland Heights Medical Center is excited to offer 3-dimensional mammography exams. Utilizing advanced breast tomosynthesis technology, these exams are clinically proven to significantly increase the detection of breast cancers, while simultaneously decreasing the number of women asked to return for additional testing (compared to 2D mammography). In conventional 2D mammography, overlapping tissue is a leading reason why small breast cancers may... ... Read More
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Lufkin Texas (December 5, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center is now offering low dose CT scan lung cancer screening, the first and only cost-effective test proven to significantly reduce lung cancer deaths. More than 220,000 people in the U.S. alone will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year and nearly 160,000 people will die from the disease - more than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. This proven test, and the access to it that Medicare coverage allows, is a game changer in the batt... ... Read More
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Lufkin Texas (August 26, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center is now offering a home sleep apnea test for patients. The ApneaLink™ Air provides the performance and reliability of ApneaLink products in a sleeker, easier to use device. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep. Each pause can last for a few seconds to several minutes and they happen many times a night. In the most common form this follows loud snoring. This device ... ... Read More
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Lufkin Texas (April 11, 2016) – Woodland Heights Medical Center will soon offer its own transport team for babies needing care in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Beginning April 18, Woodland Heights will have an ambulance stationed at the facility 24 hours a day, at the ready to pick up babies locally and in the surrounding area that need a higher level of care. “This is one of our growing resources available to serve the needs of our smallest patients who need extra help at a critic... ... Read More
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Lufkin Texas (November 18, 2015) – Woodland Heights Medical Center announced today that it has been recognized as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. Woodland Heights was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, ... ... Read More
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