By Deirdre Imus In the 1930’s, a bone disease caused by vitamin D deficiency called rickets, was recognized as a serious health problem. It is the reason many of us grew up with mothers who constantly nagged us to drink our milk. To combat rickets, most of the country’s milk […]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
By Alan L. Woods In view of the recent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations concerning new guidelines for having mammograms, some vital information for women needs to be presented. The new guidelines are for the general population, not those at high risk of breast cancer because of family history […]
Alternative to Mammograms
By Madeleine Kingsley Once upon a time, thermography was a secret weapon. Its heat-sensing ability helped the military flush out adversaries hiding by night and led missiles to their targets. People trapped in burning buildings, lost at sea or in snowdrifts, could be rescued because their body temperature showed up […]
The Secret Weapon In Breast Cancer Detection
A few years ago, vitamin D was nothing more than calcium’s wingman, a secondary nutrient that helped the bone-building mineral make its move from the belly to the bloodstream and eventually plant itself in the skeleton. Well, no offense to C, but new research suggests that vitamin D may be […]
Why You Need More Vitamin D
By Nancy Gardner-Heaven PHD Thermography has been used successfully for breast screening for over 30 years. It offers women safe, accurate screening for breast cancer without radiation. There is no compression, which can harm delicate breast tissue or rupture augmentation implants. In his book, Preventing Breast Cancer, Dr. John Goffman […]
Thermography For Early Breast Cancer Detection
Individuals who suffer from poor lung health may benefit from a vitamin D test, as evidence continues to stack up showing that the nutrient improves a range of lung conditions. Earlier this week, a study published in the journal Chest found that patients with higher vitamin D levels were less […]
Vitamin D Benefits a Range of Respiratory Conditions
Vitamin D benefits for pregnancy go far beyond ensuring that babies are born with strong bones. New research confirms that keeping blood levels of D vitamin high can significantly lower risk of illness and infections, while deficiency can lead to serious and even life-threatening problems for both mother and child. […]
Three Important Vitamin D Benefits for Pregnancy
PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 24, 2007 Most women dread annual mammograms and are dismayed at the discomfort of having their breasts flattened so that they may be properly imaged. What most of these women do not know is that x-ray irradiation is not the only option for breast cancer […]
Breast Cancer Screening: Women In The Know Turn To Thermography
by Manvir Clair The year 1918 saw an unprecedented medical phenomena, which although, was known to be a medical possibility was never taken seriously until it reached catastrophic proportions. The world was still recovering from the massive toll of the Great war when the influenza virus struck. It did not […]
Thermal Screening for Rapid Flu Detection
by Darren Murph on February 13, 2009 Hate to break it to you, but that clairvoyant you’ve been paying daily to read you fortune cookies while blindfolded actually isn’t some sort of medium. Tough to swallow, we know. That said, researchers at Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation hospital are getting closer […]