St. John's Women's Services offers expert care with a personal touch and digital mammography, the latest in breast imaging.

With digital mammography, low energy X-rays pass through the breast exactly like conventional mammograms, but the images are recorded electronically, just like pictures on a digital camera. This allows radiologists to manipulate the image in order to better view the breast tissue, especially in women with dense, or fibrous breasts.

To schedule an appointment, call (217) 757-6400. A physician's order is required.

Women age 40 and older should have a screening mammogram every year and should continue to do so for as long as they are in good health.

Recent evidence has confirmed that mammograms offer substantial benefit for women in their 40s and beyond.

St. John's Women's Services offers a wide variety of services. They are all provided with sensitivity, expertise and compassion that recognize you as a unique, special person. St. John's Women's Services are located in St. John's Health Center - South 6th Street. To schedule a mammogram. please call 217-757-6400. A physician's order is required.

Mammography Recommendations From the American Cancer Society

Age 20-39

• Do a breast self-exam each month.
• Have a clinical breast exam by a health care professional every three years.*

• Have a mammogram every year.
• Have a clinical breast exam by a health care professional every year.*
• Do a breast self-exam each month.
• Breast care-related diagnostic services are provided by Central Illinois Radiological Associates
  *The clinical breast exam should be done close in time to the scheduled mammogram.