I spent some time researching this a while back: 1. Studies do not show that routine mammography reduces mortality - http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/dinews/2002090501.shtml . 2. Exposing our bodies to excess ionising radiation should be avoided unless absolutely necessary - common sense. 3. Squeezing a cancerous breast between metal plates increases risk of metastasis if there is a tumour present. 4. There are perfectly safe alternatives such as thermography that do not involves ionising radiation nor squeezing possibly diseased breasts between metal plates - see http://www.healpain.net/articles/mammog.html for example.
Also check out a sample chapter from a book by two doctors here: http://www.johnleemd.net/books/breast_cancer_chp1.html . One day I am sure we will look back in horror at the days when we deliberately exposed healthy people to ionising radiation when it was not absolutely necessary. Also, check out the facts about radiation, as established by Dr John Gofman, here: http://www.ratical.org/radiation/NGP/DrJohnGofman.html . Paul H ----- Original Message ----- From: "sol" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:56 AM Subject: Re: CS>X-Ray > My mother, a salty tongued old devil, never had a mammogram until she > was in her 70's..... she refused to ever have another saying, "if there > was nothing wrong with them before, there damn sure is afterward". > Forget the radiation, she believed all the crushing could not be good. > sol > > Jim Holmes wrote: Message > > > I avoid radiology unless it is absoloutly necessary. Some folks think > > that Breast CA is in-part caused by the "checkup" mammograms. > > > > JOH > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Faye Killian [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:29 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: CS>X-Ray > > > > I know this has probably been discussed here before but I need to > > know. Does taking silver affect you in any way while having an > > x-ray? I have a mammogram coming up and was just concerned about > > it. Have been taking cs for over a year now. > > Faye > > > > -- > "You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." Ziggy > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
