Sandra Keros
Recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced federal regulations to delay a woman's first mammogram from age 40 to 50, as reported on
CNN and in
The New York Times.
Upon this news, many talk shows have decried this as a disservice to women, a way to lower health care at any cost with the excuse that mammograms give so many false positives (as often as 50% of the time) that it causes needless stress, worry and cost.
Ironically, I think we're moving in the right direction on this issue. Over the years, I have been reading more and more reports about how mammograms may actually do more harm than good.
According to
Dr. Joseph Mercola, who has the #2 medical website,
www.mercola.com, there is "no evidence that mammograms save lives". When a mammogram is taken, the machine squeezes the breast very tightly, so tightly that if cancer are cells present, it can lead to a "lethal spread of any existing malignant cells".
Instead, women (and men - they get breast cancer too!) should eat fresh organic food, lower stress, and examine their breasts regularly for any changes as part of their regular health routine. If you have a history of breast cancer in your family or want to be screened for it, there is a newer technology that is supposed to be safer and more effective at detecting breast cancer in the earlier stages than mammograms.
Digital infrared thermography is like taking a heat image of your breasts to detect masses and inflammation. The equipment is more advanced and accurate in detecting the initial stages of breast cancer, takes only about 15 minutes, and emits zero radiation.
Talk to your doctor about thermography options. For more information on thermography go to
Dr. Mercola's website,
www.mercola.com or
www.breastthermography.com.
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