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…