Hello bOObs Bloggettes: Sorry I took such a long hiatus, but I’ve been wrapping up my second documentary which was a full time job (no, thankfully I was not sick, but thanks for emails of concern:)). I’ll share details in next post, but basically it was an eight year project Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’m reposting this blog as my family had and yet another run in with unneeded medical radiation scans this past week. This time it was a loved one of mine who took a fall. Even though the ER docs were told this person hadn’t hit his head, Read more…
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 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: 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: 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: So today we’re diving into a deep dark secret of Medicine: Doctors get monetary kickbacks for prescribing things such as mammograms. How do I know this? If you’ve seen my film, you’ll see the paper trail right there on the screen. I was a little shocked when Read more…