If you are a woman you might want to question your relationship with mammograms. The latest nail in the coffin of the efficacy of mammograms just came through the New England Journal of Medicine. The conclusion is that mammograms do not make a significant difference in saving lives. Strangely this is not new news. It is old news. The problem is that this juggernaut is a hard thing to stop. Medicine is an industrial complex and is loosely associated with science. Once a practice becomes entrenched, often not based on rigorous science, and many people's livelihoods depend on it, the truth becomes very inconvenient. In addition to the lack of effectiveness, there is also the very real fact that mammography is radiation, and it is increasing the risk of the very same disease it is purported to reduce. Every exposure to radiation is cumulative and matters. Women might want to start looking at Thermography, which is harmless and more sensitive, thus more effective at picking up early changes in breast tissue.
Now you can show your doctor why you question mammography without being made to feel like a simpleton. Use the link to the actual study or the well written NY Times article about the topic by David Newman, M.D.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/ignoring-the-science-on-mammograms/?hpw
Hi Andy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. You may not remember me, i came for one treatment in FairFax. Ended up moving unexpectedly very soon after, so never came back, would have otherwise.
I've put up some of my thoughts on Western Medicine on my own blog, link below.
One thing i think of a lot, as far as theory goes, is the amazing physiological changes exhibited by people with Multiple Personality Disorder. What would our concept of health be like if these were fully accounted for, rather than fully ignored as not fitting the model.
be well,
jay dancing bear
http://jaydancingbear.blogspot.com/search/label/Medicine-Health%20Care
Another quick thought: in a podcast interview on Insights at the Edge, i heard Dr. Martin Rossman say that drug companies pick up %80 of the tab at medical schools, a very effective way of buying the curriculum. I'm getting to the point where, if a doctor says it, i tend to disbelieve what he/she says, because they've been brainwashed in medical school, or perhaps indoctrinated is a better word.
ReplyDeleteWhat are your thoughts on this?