Annual Mammogram—Study Reveals Unexpected Results

For the past forty years the AMA has promoted an annual mammogram as mandatory for women over forty. However, an increasing number of doctors are refuting the claim that an annual mammogram decreases women’s risk of dying from breast cancer.

Dr. Peter Gotzsche, a Danish researcher, was the first to make this claim in a study published in “The Lancet” in October 2006. Dr. Gotzsche re-analyzed the original studies done on the benefits of a mammogram and found them unconvincing.

Subsequently, other doctors have asserted that in addition to failing to offer protection, a mammogram, which involves exposing women to radiation, may, in fact, increase a risk of cancer.

Dr. Michael Baum of University College in London, stated, “The latest evidence shifts the balance towards harm and away from benefits.” Canadian columnist Dr. W. Gifford -Jones, wrote that women between the ages of 40 and 49 who have regular a mammogram are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as women who are not screened. “Experts say you have to screen 2,000 women for 10 years for one benefit,” he stated.

Gifford-Jones points to other risks, from the physical to the psychological. Many authorities believe that, squeezing women’s breasts during a mammogram may rupture blood vessels, causing cancer to spread and thus increasing a woman’s risk of death.

Gifford-Jones pointed to the emotional trauma suffered by women who receive false positives from a mammogram, and to the dangerous sense of security engendered by those who receive false negatives.

Studies reveal that a mammogram fail to detect cancer 30 percent of the time in women aged 40 to 49. Furthermore, it can take as long as eight years before a breast tumor is large enough to detect, by which time the cancer could have spread to other parts of the body.

“Mammograms actually harm far more women than they help,” wrote Mike Adams, author, “The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D,” a free report that teaches prevention strategies for breast and prostate cancer. Adams believes, “They are used more as a recruiting tool to ensnare women into a system of medical control based on false diagnosis and fear tactics. Most women then give in to chemotherapy, surgery or radiation treatments that may ultimately harm them or even kill them.”

So what is one to do, since, a mammogram is only 70% accurate and seldom detects early stage breast cancer?

There are other tools for cancer detection—albeit the medical and pharmaceutical industry does not want you to know of their effectiveness.

Used since the beginning of humanity, medical intuitive and Iridology have a high rate of effective detection on the on-set of dis-ease.

A medical intuitive can see the emotional patterns and beliefs that affect your body. A medical intuitive work can form a mental picture of an illness by visualizing organs in the person’s body, even if this person is thousands of miles away. Many need only the name and age of a person to do a reading and recommend remedies.

Iridology also offers a highly effective detection system. Iridology is the science of analyzing the delicate structures of the iris of the eye. It reveals inflammation, where located, and in what stage it is manifesting. The iris reveals body constitution, inherent weaknesses, levels of health, and the transitions that take place in a person’s body according to the way he/she lives. The eyes have been proclaimed throughout the ages as the windows of the soul. We now acknowledge them as the mirrors of the body.

In knowing nutritional, vitamin and mineral imbalances the person can readily remedy these imbalances before an illness or disease takes root.

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnosis/Regression, Author, “101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life.” Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention and Recovery. As an inspirational leader, Dr. Neddermeyer empowers people to view life’s challenges as an opportunity for Personal/Professional Growth and Spiritual Awakening. http://www.drdorothy.net