September Is PAD Awareness Month. Know The Signs!
The lazy days of summer are over, and it’s time to gear up for winter. This is why...
We Take it Personally
Understanding your overall risk of breast disease is essential. Each of us has a unique personal and family...
Vascular Intervention: The Effective No-Stitch Solution.
Think conditions like venous and arterial disease, benign prostate disease, fibroids and vertebral fracture always require surgery? Think again. Vascular...
CORA Partners with St. Charles Cancer Center to Provide Low-Dose CT Lung Screenings
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but if diagnosed early it...
What is Gynecomastia?
Gynecomastia (pronounced “guy-nuh-koh-MAS-tee-uh”) is enlargement of the breast tissue in males. It is noncancerous and a result of...
Mammogram Myths
Mammograms are the gold standard for breast cancer screening. In fact, today’s mammograms allow doctors to detect up...
Comprehensive Vein Care That’s Minimally Invasive and Focused on YOU.
Do you have swollen, bulging veins? Itching or heaviness in the legs? Swelling in the legs or ankles?...
See How We Treat Varicose Veins in a Whole New Light
Varicose veins can be painful, itchy, fatiguing—and eliminated without surgery. Central Oregon Radiology provides Endovenous Laser Therapy (or EVLT),...
Screening Benefits of Fast Breast MRI
Mammograms are the gold standard for breast cancer screening. However, dense breast tissue can make it difficult for...
How to Treat PAD: The Innovative Procedures Used by Our Radiologists
Your health. Our experts. How our Vascular and Interventional Radiologists use innovative procedures to treat PAD. It affects more...
This month’s focus: minimally invasive varicose vein treatment.
Feeling good is the best gift of all. Is relief from the pain and bulging of varicose veins on...
What is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)?
PAD is a condition that occurs over time where the arteries supplying blood to the legs and feet...
What is Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)?
Uterine fibroids can cause serious symptoms in some women, including fatigue, heavy menstrual bleeding, infertility, pelvic pain, pressure...
What Is a Cardiac Calcium Scoring (CACS)?
Cardiac calcium scoring is a quick, painless CT exam that measures calcified atherosclerotic plaque along your heart. This...
What to Look for in a Self Breast Exam
Here at CORA, we recommend all women over the age of 20 perform self breast exams each month,...
What is a DEXA Scan and How Can it Benefit Me?
Also known as bone densitometry, a DEXA scan is a quick, painless, and non-invasive way to help diagnose...
Prenatal Ultrasound: What You Need to Know
Prenatal ultrasound imaging uses safe, high-frequency sound waves to produce images of a developing baby. These images help...
What is a 3D Mammogram?
3D mammography is also called tomosynthesis. 3D mammography, or tomosynthesis, is advanced technology that takes multiple images of the...
Everything You Need to Know About Abdominal Aorta Ultrasounds
An abdominal aorta ultrasound will determine your risk for an abdominal aortic aneurism. The screening is fast and...
How to Know If You’re at High Risk for Breast Cancer
There are many factors that distinguish whether a woman is considered at high risk for breast cancer. At CORA,...
Minimally Invasive Vein Therapies to Treat Varicose Veins
At CORA we use the latest minimally invasive techniques to treat vein disorders including varicose veins, spider veins,...
The Right Time to Screen for Breast Cancer and Other Breast Cancer Facts
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases in our world today with more than 200,000 cases...
What Do Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Mean?
All breast screening guidelines recommend screening at 40. Breast cancer screening guidelines can be challenging to understand. With several...
Symptoms and Diagnosis of Peripheral Artery Disease
Have you been feeling pain in your legs for what seems like no reason? Are you experiencing leg...
Venous Insufficiency Symptoms and What to Do About Them
Venous insufficiency means that the veins are inadequately sending blood back to the heart from the extremities, most...
Uterine Fibroid Embolization: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to Surgery
Uterine fibroids are benign growths in the uterus, usually in a woman of childbearing age. While these growths...
New Vein Clinic Opens at Central Oregon Radiology Associates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 26, 2018 — Central Oregon Radiology Associates (CORA) is proud to announce the opening of...
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty | What’s the Difference?
Every year, millions of Americans are affected by osteoporosis, which often leads to vertebral compression fractures in the...
Lung Cancer Screenings at CORA
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Unfortunately it is usually found too late for...
What is a CT Scan | Cora Quick Facts
A CT scan is a common medical imaging examination that your doctor may request to help make a...
Commonly Asked Questions About Varicose Veins
If you have questions about varicose veins in Bend, you’re not alone. Since over 20% of Americans experience...
What is Prostate Embolization? | Frequently Asked Questions
Prostate embolization is an innovative way to treat enlarged prostates in older men without invasive surgery. Since this...
Common Questions About 3D Mammograms
We’ve spoken about the benefits of 3D mammograms before, and how they are revolutionizing medicine today. But for...
Peripheral Vascular Disease | Understanding the Basics
Peripheral vascular disease (or PVD) is one of the leading causes of disability in those over age 60....
An Integrative Approach to Cancer Treatment
For those seeking cancer treatment, an integrative approach that combines elements of pathology and radiology may be beneficial....
Top Tech Trends in Cancer Screening
Throughout the past ten years, radiological advances have changed the industry drastically. X-ray technology, computed tomography (CT) scans,...
Fast Facts | What is a Radiologist?
CORA has an amazing team of radiologists that are happy to help with any number of imaging services...
Cardiac Calcium Scoring Information
Coronary artery disease (or CAD) is the most common cause of death worldwide. It affects more than 110...
How CORA Gives Back to Our Community
CORA provides radiology in Bend and Central Oregon, but that isn’t the only way we contribute to the...
Musculoskeletal Radiologists at CORA
Central Oregon is the perfect playground for athletes and outdoor enthusiasts. However, these activities can occasionally lead to...
How 3D Mammograms are Revolutionizing Medicine
Using radiology to detect abnormalities in breast tissue, mammograms have helped women detect the early stages of breast...
What Do ACR Accreditations Really Mean?
Central Oregon Radiology Associates (or CORA) provides diagnostic services that are accredited by the American College of Radiology...
Women’s Imaging | More than Mammograms
When we think of women’s imaging, most of us think about mammograms. Mammograms are an important way to...
Answers to Common Questions Before Your MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging (or MRI) scanners use radio waves and magnetic fields to produce images of your internal...
What You Need To Know About Nuclear Medicine
Radiologists use nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat a number of diseases including cancer, heart disease, neurological, endocrine,...
What to Expect During Your CT Scan
Computed tomography (or CT) scans provide a three-dimensional view of your bones, blood vessels, and soft tissue. This...
Getting Your 3D Ultrasound in Central Oregon
Ultrasounds use a transducer or probe to see the soft tissue inside of the body. Typically this results...
What is Interventional Radiology?
Central Oregon Radiology Associates P.C. (CORA) has recently added two new Interventional Radiologists, Dr. Ben English and Dr....
CORA Opens New Medical Imaging Facility on Bend’s South Side
The staff and doctors at Central Oregon Radiology Associates P.C. (CORA) are excited to announce the opening of...
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Every month of October since 1985 has been known as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Over the course of...
About Screening Mammogram Guidelines
Central Oregon Radiology Associates (CORA) recognizes that there are conflicting mammogram guidelines for screening and that these conflicts...
Proud to be an Important Part of Our Community
CORA is proud to be a part of many of the Bend's events. Just to name a few, we...
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, Inventor of Computed Tomography
This week we’re recognizing British electrical engineer, and x-ray computed tomography (CT scan) inventor Sir Godfrey Hounsfield. Hounsfield...
Breast Lumps: Things You Need To Know
Here at CORA we recommend all women perform regular monthly breast self-exams. If lumps or thickenings are detected,...