Hello bOOb Bloggettes: I was being interviewed for the podcast “What Women Must Know” last week when I got into an interesting discussion with host Integrative Naturopathic Doctor Sherrill Sellman about the use of thermograms in tracking certain inflammatory conditions of the breast. I was pointing out the debate within the Read more…
Hello bOOb Bloggettes: It might surprise many of you to know (it did me) that the Swiss are phasing-out mammography due to its detriments. Let’s look at what they based their decision on. Some prominent studies were concluded, and a meta-analysis was performed by the Nordic Cochrane Centre — thought Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: Today we’ll start to tease apart why women are getting incorrect information on different aspects of breast cancer screening. One of the problems is that three different medical factions are working off of three different sets of information. Let’s look at this example to set up Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: Today we’ll look at what’s called “Informed Consent,” which is to be given prior to a patient’s medical treatment. This consent is our legal right as a patient and should never be overlooked by practitioners — but often it is. Here’s what’s going on: I interviewed for Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes. We’re kicking off the New Year with a new blog! One doesn’t think about physical trauma leading to tumor formation but according to the literature sometimes this can happen. We’ll consider this today and look how mammography’s breast compression might fit in. Consider this personal story: My Read more…
Hello bOOb blogettes: Under the weather here so I’m going to re-post one of the earlier blogs on breast cancer “Early Detection” that some of you late-joiners may have missed:) Hopefully I’ll get a post out next week during the Holidays then back full-force in the New Year. Enjoy: Today Read more…
Hello bOOb Blogettes: Today we’ll be looking at the differing exam reports stemming from a woman’s mammogram. Apparently, what the radiologist sends to the doctor who wrote your mammogram prescription (usually a GP or OBGYN) oftentimes differs from what we as patients see. The latter have been deemed “happygrams” Read more…
Hello bOOb Blogettes: Women are often told that 3D mammography will find more cancer and that it’s lower radiation than the “old” 2D mammogram. These are both over-statements. Let’s take a closer look.. First, it’s perplexing that medicine has decided to — instead of investigating a new non-invasive, non-radiative screening Read more…
When I interviewed American Cancer Society’s Dr. Otis Brawley in 2016, he said, “I would love to see even more prevention…” The breast cancer (BC) screening tool of thermography is capable of just that. Let’s see why. Thermography is a U.S. FDA-approved adjunctive BC screening tool to mammography — as Read more…
Hello bOOb bloggettes! I wanted to re-post something that got responses and a topic that many women on my “bOObs” Facebook page (and elsewhere) ask me: Why do I always have to get a mammogram before an ultrasound, even if I have dense breasts and/or want to avoid radiation? This Read more…