Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’m reposting this much earlier post as a good overview of what’s occurring in the breast cancer (BC) screening world. Hope it helps some of you: Something I put together while researching my film and upcoming book on breast cancer screening was this: Today’s screening program sometimes Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I thought we’d get back to basics on thermography. To understand why thermography isn’t more widely used in the U.S. and why your doctor doesn’t know about it or understand it, we need to go back to a 1970s study called the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I thought I’d take a few moments to expand on medicine’s Standard of Care treatment for disease in this blog. I was re-reading an excellent eye-opener of a book today written by Otis Brawley, MD, oncologist and former Chief Medical Officer for the American Cancer Society. (As Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’m reposting this in case some of you missed it. I promise I will do a more in-depth look at thermography in the future!:)) Here we go: When I interviewed American Cancer Society’s Dr. Otis Brawley in 2016, he said, “I would love to see even more Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’ve blogged about this before, but I found some new info in an old NYT article that my 96 year old mother cut out for me so I thought I’d share it. Like most things having to do with breast cancer (BC) screening, info on the subject Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: Sadly, today is the thirteenth anniversary of my late husband’s death. He had contracted a non-small cell lung cancer called BAC and was gone within a year’s time. I’ve written about it in bits and pieces and don’t need to repeat the story but it was a Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’ve had many of you ask how you can contribute to the causes coinciding with my films, which is much appreciated. WayMark Productions is about educating women about breast cancer screening; informing folks about preventative cancer measures; and helping cancer patients live longer and more hopeful lives. Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’m going to repost this blog as an overview to dense breasts and the problems that ensues with screening: The dense breast tissue issue (DBT) is HUGE for breast cancer (BC) screening. Why? Because 90% of us have some degree of DBT. Density levels are determined by what Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: Today I wanted to get back to the discussion of radiation exposure, as anytime you come in contact with medicine these days it seems they want to scan something. Let me first share a few personal stories of my own (some of these have already been shared Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I thought I’d talk a little bit about what my production company is up to currently. We’re now embarking on our second documentary film mentioned in a past few blogs: “A New Standard of Care: Alternative Cancer Therapies.” I started editing A New SOC as my first Read more…