Various health organizations offer clashing mammogram recommendations that range from annual mammograms starting at age 40 to eliminating routine mammograms altogether. Who should you trust?
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Wasn’t that self-exam thing wild? It’s counter-intuitive results like that which should be a good cautionary tale that we need to ideally put everything to the test.
You can check out my Doc Note under the first video (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/9-out-of-10-Women-misinformed-about-Mammograms) in this series to get a sense why I chose to spend so much time on this topic. This is the 3rd video in a 14-part series. If you missed the first two, watch them here: 9 out of 10 Women Misinformed about Mammograms (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/9-out-of-10-Women-misinformed-about-Mammograms) and Mammogram Recommendations – Why the Conflicting Guidelines (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Mammogram-Recommendations-Why-the-Conflicting-Guidelines). Stay tuned for: <
• Do Mammograms Save Lives? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-Mammograms-Save-Lives)
• Consequences of False-Positive Mammogram Results (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Consequences-of-False-Positive-Mammogram-Results)
• Do Mammograms Hurt? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-Mammograms-Hurt)
• Can Mammogram Radiation Cause Breast Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-Mammogram-radiation-Cause-Breast-Cancer)
• Understanding the Mammogram Paradox (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Understanding-the-Mammogram-Paradox)
• Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Overtreatment-of-Stage-0-Breast-Cancer-DCIS)
• Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Women-Deserve-to-Know-the-Truth-About-Mammograms)
• Breast Cancer and the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-Cancer-and-the-5-Year-Survival-Rate-Myth)
• Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Mammograms-Don)
• Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Patients-Arent-Informed-About-Mammograms)
• The Pros and Cons of Mammograms (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Pros-and-Cons-of-Mammograms)
If you want to watch the entire series right now, you can stream it for a donation to NutritionFacts.org by going here: https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/latest-in-clinical-nutrition-volume-40-digital.
For more on breast cancer, see my videos Oxidized Cholesterol 27HC May Explain Three Breast Cancer Mysteries and Eggs and Breast Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxidized-cholesterol-27hc-may-explain-3-breast-cancer-mysteries/ and https://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-breast-cancer/).
I was able to cover colon cancer screening in just one video. If you missed it, check out Should We All Get Colonoscopies Starting at Age 50? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-we-all-get-colonoscopies-starting-at-age-50/).
Also on the topic of medical screenings, see Is It Worth Getting Annual Health Check-Ups? and Is It Worth Getting an Annual Physical Exam?. (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-it-worth-getting-annual-health-check-ups/ and http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-It-Worth-Getting-an-Annual-Physical-Exam)
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Thanks Dr. Greger for sticking to the facts and telling it like it is, we need that now more than ever
Awesome 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
What's the current state of breast thermography? Are they catching any cancers with that technique?
I missed the conclusion. Do we get mammograms or not?
In Canada, they ask women to do their mammogram only in their 50ies, and then, every 2 years. USA and Canada are different for this, I think it may be because the care are free in Canada and the gouvernement pay for it.
Keep politics and money out of decisions for women’s health! Thank G-D for Dr. Greger. 🙏❤️
Thank you for this information 👌🏾
I'm not!
For Germans https://youtu.be/J3RmiqpfSs0
Confusing? Why is self examination harmful?
In Spain women are supposed to get mammograms once per year starting at 40. It's bs 💩
Yes, If Breast Cancer runs in your family. And you have a tendency of getting Cysts. Yes. It runs on my Moms side, my Grandma and one Aunt had it. I been getting tested since 35-40 Years Old.
Do we do self breast exams or not?
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What about Thermography unstead Mamogram ?
Medicine (aka "healthcare") is a business. It starts in medical school where future doctors get NO training on prevention of disease with proper diet, and are encouraged to order as many tests as possible. I didn't want to believe this until I watched my son go through medical school. It is disgusting.
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Thanks!!
Isn't an EMI (Estrogen Metabolite Index ) Test a much safer and simpler way to screen for breast cancer. After all it is simple easy urine sample test.
These days healthcare is strictly a business. Same as everything else in this society. There is no place for reasoning where the marketing rules.
Thanks!
Mammograms are useless, I get an ultrasound every 3-5 yrs, no damages to the tissues, no pain, and far more precise. Mammograms only detect mass when it's large enough for the person to detect themself, then they send them to get an ultrasound!!! Why even go for a mammogram in the first place? Skip it and go with an ultrasound every 3-5 yrs instead. Thermography was my first choice but hard to find where I live.
Stay away from medical doctors unless you need them! Should you have to go remember to be in charge of your body, or the doctor will turn you into their chattel.
I just had a squiz at the Australian Cancer Council website and they send out an invitational letter for a free mammogram every 2 years to all Aussie women aged 50 to 74. Any woman aged 40 to 50, and 74 and over can also get a free mammogram every 2 years but won't receive an invitational letter. Seems they agree with the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer who believe the benefits of mammograms outweigh the potential harms. JFYI 👍💚🌱
I don't pay any attention to their recommendations. I think for myself!
can you start the videos with the answer and then tell us why please
ok ill tell mum that fuk mamograms
The red pill community would call this karma 😶
Did the research account for and eliminate the factor of family history or even having the breast cancer gene?
Yes!!!! I was detected early!!!! Still gets complicated but it’s best to be detected early! This may have saved my life! In my opinion it’s not with the risk to not get our mammo done. Please don’t skip it! The water is contaminated, the environment is as well, people still use poison for their grass! No matter how clean our diet is I believe we can all get this.
So confused…