If you missed the prior articles on Mammography Risks, you may review them here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 And here we are for Dr. Boyce’s conclusions on whether or not the risk of mammograms adding to the development of breast cancer outweigh the benefits. “Does x-ray mammography put women at an even higher [...]
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The debate over whether having mammograms done yearly increases the risk of developing breast cancer prompted the writing of this series of articles. You may want to review Part 1 and Part 2. In this article *Dr. Boyce presents more information about the risks of developing breast cancer and comes to his conclusions at the end. From Dr. [...]
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In part 1 of this series on the risks of mammography adding to the cause of breast cancer we looked at the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation that we might be exposed to in Dr. John D. Boyce’s article Ionizing Radiation and Breast Cancer Risk on the Cornell University web site at: http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/factsheet/physical/fs52.radiation.cfm#mammog In [...]
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That old nagging question keeps raising its head. Does the radiation exposure from the mammography x-rays contribute to the development of breast cancer? If it does, should I have a mammogram every year to check for breast cancer? Those are tough but important questions. So let’s take an in-depth look at the scientific considerations. Then [...]
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While teaching the college nutrition class for several years now some students have said that they cannot afford to eat healthy food including more vegetables and fruit in their diets. I have wondered if that premise was actually true. Then in the documentary Food, Inc. a poor working class family also said that they could [...]
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Summer finally arrived for us this year, much later than usual. So the garden got a very late start, but it’s bursting forth now as it soaks up all of that sunshine. I’m not complaining though about the late start of summer. I loved the rain and cool weather and so did the 2,000 Ponderosa [...]
Filed under: Children's Nutrition, Genetic Modification on July 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »