Comments on: Healthy Foods and Breast Cancer Awareness http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/10/02/healthy-foods-and-breast-cancer-awareness/ Laurel on Health Food is a blog about nutrition, healthy eating, and health food. It summarizes articles in the news, lists healthy recipes, offers tips and personal feedback on healthy eating, and reports on nutritional research. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Sisson http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/10/02/healthy-foods-and-breast-cancer-awareness/#comment-7015 Mark Sisson Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/?p=289#comment-7015 Good stuff, and thanks for the link. Cheers! Good stuff, and thanks for the link. Cheers!

]]> By: jeffrey dach md http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/2008/10/02/healthy-foods-and-breast-cancer-awareness/#comment-7001 jeffrey dach md Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:54:58 +0000 http://www.laurelonhealthfood.com/?p=289#comment-7001 <b>Limitations of Screening Mammography</b> An eminent radiologist, Leonard Berlin MD says we have failed to disclose the limitations of screening mammography, namely that mammography will miss 30-70% of breast cancers, and leads to over diagnosis and over treatment. Dr. Berlin says disclosures of these limitations should be mandated, just like the cigarette and drug warnings that appear on their ads. Dr. Berlin also points out that 57% of the American women believe that mammograms prevent breast cancer, a misleading message from Breast Awareness Month. Mammograms are designed to detect cancer, not prevent it. Thinking that a mammogram can prevent breast cancer is like thinking that checking your house annually for broken windows prevents robberies. To read more: http://jeffreydach.com/2007/11/04/the-untold-message-of-breast-cancer-awareness-month.aspx The Untold Message of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Jeffrey Dach MD Jeffrey Dach MD 4700 Sheridan Suite T Hollywood Fl 33021 954 983 1443 http://www.drdach.com http://www.jeffreydach.com http://www.naturalmedicine101.com Limitations of Screening Mammography

An eminent radiologist, Leonard Berlin MD says we have failed to disclose the limitations of screening mammography, namely that mammography will miss 30-70% of breast cancers, and leads to over diagnosis and over treatment.

Dr. Berlin says disclosures of these limitations should be mandated, just like the cigarette and drug warnings that appear on their ads.

Dr. Berlin also points out that 57% of the American women believe that mammograms prevent breast cancer, a misleading message from Breast Awareness Month.

Mammograms are designed to detect cancer, not prevent it. Thinking that a mammogram can prevent breast cancer is like thinking that checking your house annually for broken windows prevents robberies.

To read more: http://jeffreydach.com/2007/11/04/the-untold-message-of-breast-cancer-awareness-month.aspx

The Untold Message of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Jeffrey Dach MD

Jeffrey Dach MD
4700 Sheridan Suite T
Hollywood Fl 33021
954 983 1443
http://www.drdach.com
http://www.jeffreydach.com
http://www.naturalmedicine101.com

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