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Working nights increases breast cancer risk

Read this CBC news article correlating longterm night shift work with an increase in breast cancer: Night shift workers face increased breast cancer risk The new study is based on the work patterns of women from diverse occupations. The original study, … Continue reading

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Hey, Rochester – Hamilton is closer to us than you think

Hamilton, Ontario has the provinces worst cancer survival rates, according to one report published by the Cancer Quality Council of Ontario. If you think about it, Hamilton, Ontario is just a short hop across the lake from us. What’s different there … Continue reading

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Dr. Mercola’s Post: Mammography: Are There Pros, or is It Just a Con?

Along the same lines as the articles Dr. Mercola has written about the increased radiation women are exposed to with 3D mammography, here’s an article by Dr. Hamm, summarizing the findings of the 2011 Cochrane Report, offering his suggestions for … Continue reading

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Advanced Breast Cancer Now More Common in Younger Women

Medpage Today published an article on February 26 citing evidence that metastatic breast cancer is on the rise among younger women, an “age group that already has the worst prognosis, no recommended routine screening practice, the least health insurance, and the … Continue reading

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Dr. Mercola Discusses Radiation Exposure in 3D Mammography

Make thermography part of your breast health maintenance plan.Here are two timely articles by Dr. Mercola that address questions I’m often asked by women. “What can you tell me about tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography? Does it use as much radiation … Continue reading

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Mammography exposes you to cancer: Try thermography. It’s safer

Here’s a useful posting out of Australia that describes several issues I’m often asked about. It touches on how thermography differs from mammography. It references several studies, including a 1992 Canadian study that showed an increase in breast cancer mortality … Continue reading

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Thermography in local news

This is nice to see – RIT exploring the use of thermography as part of an imaging approach to better assess the Psoriasis Area Severity Index score, as well as predict lesions associated with psoriasis. Read about it here: Your skin … Continue reading

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Bloomberg: Excerpts from “The Big Squeeze: A Social an Political History of the Controversial Mammogram”

“Saving women’s lives through early breast cancer detection” Handel Reynolds, a breast radiologist at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, is the author of a soon-to-be-published book, The Big Squeeze: A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram. Bloomberg.com has just … Continue reading

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The Guardian: Mammography’s harm outweighs benefits

“Saving women’s lives through early breast cancer detection” Hello again. I want to share a link to a January publication in The Guardian, a UK publication.  The article discusses a recently published book, Mammography screening: truth, lies, and controversy based … Continue reading

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Mammography injury sparks civil lawsuit: Cancer followed pain and bruising

An article published in the Ottawa Citizen on November 15 describes a lawsuit against a mammography clinic, which is going before the British Columbia Supreme Court. A woman claims that trauma to her breasts caused during mammogram she received in … Continue reading

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