I am a mother of two beautiful daughters who I adore. The birth of a baby means a lifetime of making choices about the welfare, health and happiness of your child. One of the first choices a new mum is faced with is how she will feed her baby… breast or bottle? It’s [...]
It’s been an interesting week in the world of woman’s health… and in my clinic. Most of my woman patients take a high quality multivitamin/mineral and antioxidant formula every day, as part of their nutritional wellness regime. Just like me, they swallow their tablet alongside their porridge and fruit, secure in the knowledge that this [...]
With what we know about the effects of radiation on breast tissue, it is ironic that the most widely used breast screening tool, the mammogram, exposes our breasts to ionising radiation! How much of a risk this exposure poses is a question of debate. Dr Samuel Epstein writing in the International Journal of Health Services [...]
In our modern world of high-tech medicine, exposure to ionising radiation in the course of medical diagnosis is increasingly common. X-rays, mammograms, and Cat-scans are routinely used to peer into the body. Despite their routine use, all these procedures expose our cells to ionising radiation, for which a safe exposure level has never been established. [...]
It’s October again. That means we will be washed away in a sea of pink… pink sky tower, pink lapel ribbons, pink t-shirts. Our pink overdose all in the name of supposedly saving women from breast cancer. The funds raised to go towards more research into this disease… it’s early detection and “cure” through western [...]
Why have breast cancer rates risen dramatically in western countries in the past thirty years? Is it possible that the humble trace element iodine could have anything to do with our skyrocketing breast cancer rates which now see 1 in 10 Australian women and 1 in 9 New Zealand women diagnosed?
There is significant evidence that [...]
For years women have been told that responsible self help aimed at reducing deaths from breast cancer, involved a monthly self examination of breasts (BSE). The procedure involved a structured process of looking at and then feeling every centimetre of breast tissue.
