HSI – The Health Sciences Institute. UK Edition 19th December 2011 We’ve written to you many times in the past about mammograms. Despite the fact that this breast cancer screening procedure is painful and risky the mainstream still chooses to cling to it like it’s a long lost child. In recent years, mounting evidence has […]
Think Beyond Pink – Thermography Provides Time for Early Intervention Strategies
From: WebTalkRadio.net everybody’s talking Dr. Peter Leando, the founder of Meditherm, Inc. has worked in the thermography industry for over 20 years. He shares with us the evolution of thermography and how it provides opportunities for early intervention. Women are looking for choices for protecting their breast health, so they will appreciate his candid information […]
Dense breasts may need more screening
United Press International 11-01-11 Women with dense or non-fatty breast tissue may need additional breast cancer screening, a U.S. researcher says. Dr. Roshni Rao, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, said one woman’s personal battle with breast cancer was the inspiration for Henda’s Law — a Texas […]
California Passes Breast Density Bill
September 16, 2011 by Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor The California State Legislature passed a bill last Friday requiring doctors to inform women if they have dense breasts after a mammogram, making California the second state this summer and the third state so far to have passed a so-called breast density law. The bill, […]
California Bill Aimed at Breast Cancer Worries Docs
By SHEILA V KUMAR – Associated Press | AP – Fri, Sep 16, 2011 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on […]
NHS Breast Screen Program Does Not Give Women Informed Choice, It Misinforms The Public, UK
Academic Journal Main Category: Breast Cancer Article Date: 04 Sep 2011 – 9:00 PDT Peter C Gøtzsche and Karsten Juhl Jørgensen of the Nordic Cochrane Centre urge for “more honesty” from the NHS BSP (Breast Screening Programme). They believe that harm has been understated, and that information issued to the public has in general been […]
Videos
William Li: Can We Eat to Starve Cancer Dr. Mercola – Breast Thermography Thermography at the Natural Health Center Thermography Video from Fox 10 Special Report: Beating Breast Cancer with Thermography Special Report: Hot and Cold Diagnosis Thermography Helps ID Breast Cancer KTTV Fox 11 – A Better Way to Detect Breast Cancer? Dr. Peter […]
Widely used CAD mammography tool fails to find invasive breast cancer, causes needless tests and ...
Thursday, July 28, 2011 by: S. L. Baker, features writer Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, which analyzes mammography images and marks suspicious areas for radiologists to review, has been widely hyped and pushed on women as a way to insure invasive breast cancer is spotted on mammograms. And it has grown into a huge industry, adding […]
EVALUATION OF THE ABILITY OF DIGITAL INFRARED IMAGING TO DETECT VASCULAR CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL ...
Int. J. Cancer: 108, 790–794 (2004) © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. Publication of the International Union Against Cancer Infrared imaging has frequently been used in the past to detect changes in skin surface temperature associated with breast cancer. Usually a 1–2° C elevation in skin surfacet em-perature is observed at the tumour periphery, and it has […]
Breast Thermography is a Noninvasive Prognostic Procedure that Predicts Tumor Growth Rate in Brea...
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Nov 30;698:153-8. Head JF, Wang F, Elliott RL. Source Elliott Mastology Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816. Abstract Our recent retrospective analysis of the clinical records of patients who had breast thermography demonstrated that an abnormal thermogram was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and a poorer prognosis […]
Circadian Rhythm Chaos: A New Breast Cancer Marker
Int J Fertil Womens Med. 2001 Sep-Oct;46(5):238-47. Circadian rhythm chaos: a new breast cancer marker. Keith LG, Oleszczuk JJ, Laguens M. Source Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Abstract The most disappointing aspect of breast cancer treatment as a public health issue has been the failure of screening to […]
The Evolving Role of the Dynamic Thermal Analysis in the Early Detection of Breast Cancer
The evolving role of the dynamic thermal analysis in the early detection of breast cancer M Salhab, W Al Sarakbi and K Mokbel St George’s and The Princess Grace Hospitals, London, UK International Seminars in Surgical Oncology 2005, 2:8doi:10.1186/1477-7800-2-8 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: […]
Advanced Integrated Technique in Breast Cancer Thermography
J Med Eng Technol. 2008 Mar-Apr;32(2):103-14. Advanced integrated technique in breast cancer thermography. Ng EY, Kee EC. Source School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore. mykng@ntu.edu.sg Abstract Thermography is a passive and non-contact imaging technique used extensively in the medical arena, but in relation to breast care, it […]
Screening for Breast Cancer
JAMA. 2005 Mar 9;293(10):1245-56. Elmore JG, Armstrong K, Lehman CD, Fletcher SW. Source Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. jelmore@u.washington.edu Abstract CONTEXT: Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available. OBJECTIVES: To review breast cancer screening, especially […]
Fewer mammograms being done, studies show
By Madison Park, CNN May 2, 2011 7:39 a.m. EDT To read more and see the videos that go with this post click here. CNN) — The use of mammograms has dipped since a medical task force made controversial recommendations that women in their 40s may not need to get breast cancer screenings every year, […]
Breast Cancer Breakthrough – Cut Your Risk of Death in Half
Posted By Dr. Mercola | February 14 2011 By Dr. Mercola Posted at: www.foodconsumer.org According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed each year in the US, making it three times more common than other gynecological cancers. Breast cancer will claim the lives of 40,000 people this […]
Dr. Russell Blaylock on Mammograms and Testiculograms – Suzanne Somers’ Blog
12/9/2009 1:54:00 PM Suzanne Somers’ Blog Entry After I wrote the blog – “Mammograms – Yes, No, Maybe So?” Dr. Russell Blaylock sent me this follow-up. He is an expert in this field, and I greatly respect his opinion. Dr. Blaylock: What women who defend mammograms do not appreciate is that many are developing breast […]