Don't Get A Mammogram, Get a Thermogram Instead!

Women these days are told to get a mammogram once a year to help diagnose breast cancer. Studies have shown that this is only helpful for women in their late 50's or 60's, but women continue to be duped into having them by their doctors. Women are so afraid of brest cncer they will take any risk to avoid it, even if that risk is an unacceptable one.

Thermography was approved by the FDA as a diagnostic tool for brest cancer in 1982. It involves no radiation exposure or breast compression. It is completely safe, whereas mammography carries a substantial amount of radiation, and the breast compression required by a mammogram procedure can actually cause scar tissue that could be interpreted as cancer when it isn't. Mammograms and even needle biopsies can misinterpret what they see. A type of lesion that can occur is Fat Necrosis, which occurs as a result of trauma. When the fat cells are injured, they release their fat and form a cyst. The trauma required to produce this is often very slight, and may not even be remembered by the woman. Iatrogenic (caused by medical treatment) trauma ican be a cause. This cyst can mimic a carcinoma very well, even when using fine needle aspiration, so it's false positive rate is high as well.

A woman's breast tissue undergoes many changes during her lifetime. At almost every stage of female life, there are benign cysts and breast lesions which can be mistaken for malignancies, but which pose no threat to the woman. These changes in breast tissue occur primarily because of fluctuating hormonal levells.

A Thermogram can detect changes in breast tissue 10 to 15 years before cancer ever forms. It takes a thermal image of the breast that is unique to each woman, kind of like a fingerprint. Your thermal image should not change from one scan to the next unless some pathological changes are occurring. You can then take steps to change your body chemistry naturally to avoid the development of the cancer all together. While mammograms are not recommended until women are over 40, Thermograms are recommended from age 25 onward. Sadly, you may have to travel some distance to find a provider in your area. Here in Oklahoma, Tulsa is the only place that has them, as far as I am aware. In El Paso, where I used to live, there is only one provider in the whole area, Dr. Eliezar Ben-Joseph, a Naturopathic Doctor. No mainstream medical doctors in El Paso have one, They are also very affordable. I believe Dr. Ben-Joseph charges $250 for a thermal scan. Cick Here to visit his website.

I hope more women will take charge of their health and get thermograms, and will stop giving their money to the medical money machine. of traditional, allopathic medicine. Their only reason to be in business is to make money off your disease.

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References:

Kornguth, P.J. and R. C. Bentley. (2001). Mammographic-Pathologic Correlation: Part 1. Benign Breast Lesions. Journal of Women's Imaging, 3(1):29-37.

Saputo, Len. (2008). Beyond Mammography: An Examination of Breast Thermography. Available Online: http://www.mypinkimage.com/articles/Beyond%20Mammography.pdf