October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Approximately 85% of women have no family history of breast cancer. Breast self exams and mammography are two ways to identify changes in breast tissue and diagnose breast cancer. Breast thermography is another way to identify breast cancer cells before they divide and multiply. Thermography can identify changes in breast tissue before Stage 0. This test is painless (no compression), with no radiation and is reviewed by a nationally acclaimed interventional radiologist. Consider having a breast thermogram in addition to self exams and mammograms. The thermogram is an “adjunctive test and does not replace.
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Jul
2017
LIFE CHANGING EVENT: MASTECTOMY THE DIAGNOSIS: You have cancer…a solemn diagnosis that no one wants to hear. If that weren’t bad enough, now the doctor is saying that both breasts need to be removed. New data show that mastectomies have increased 36% from 2005 to 2013 per the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Doctors may recommend a mastectomy to remove the cancerous breasts. Sometimes women chose to have both breasts removed because they carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. THE OPTIONS: So what are your options? Doctors may recommend different treatment plans. These treatment plans depend on the doctor’s education and experience, the type.
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Jan
2017
ALIGN THE SPINE Vertebrae are more than just bones that prevent you from turning into a pile of goo. They protect the spinal cord. Nerves come out from the vertebrae and innervate various parts of the body. Muscles, tendons and ligaments also connect with the spine. If the spine is out of alignment, the vertebrae (1) can pinch the spinal cord and reduce the cerebrospinal fluid from flowing smoothing (2) can pinch the eight cervical nerves, which can send pain signals down to the fingers and toes and (3) can also cause problems with muscles, ligaments and tendons. In this Align the Spine series, we will discuss the.
