Breast Cancer Awareness Month- Thermography

Research shows that Thermograms can detect a tumor when it is only 256 cells (2 years old- the size of rice!)  On the other hand, mammograms cannot detect a tumor until it is 8 years old (over 4 billion cells and size of a dime!)

It has been drilled in many of our heads by countless doctors that every women should get a mammogram every year after they turn 40.  What these doctors are not telling you is that mammograms are not as helpful or safe as you might think.

Mammograms expose you to approximately 1,000 times the amount of radiation you’d get in a chest X-ray.  This radiation is stored in your cells and accumulates to significant levels over time if you’re getting the annual mammogram.  Also, during a mammogram your breast are being compressed.  This can damage breast tissue and may even open cancerous tumors.

Photo curtsey of advancedthermography.com

You might be wondering– How is this done?!

Thermal Imaging is produced by an infrared camera.  This camera carefully scans the surface temperature of the body.  The digitized image can then be used to identify precise temperature patterns which differentiate hot and cold.

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