X-Rays - Questions and Answers

[Brother Ramon]

“Routine mammography delivers an unrecognized high dose of radiation, warn Drs. Epstein and Bertell. If a woman follows the current guidelines for premenopausal screening, over a 10 year period she would receive a total dosage of about 5 rads. This approximates the level of exposure to radiation of a Japanese woman one mile from the epicenter of atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.”

See the full article on http://www.world-wire.com/news/0911240002.html

Pray that women with breast lumps will find out about this before it is too late.

Brother Ramon

On 4 September 2010 09:19, Charmaine <charmaine.k...@vodafone.co.nz> wrote:

> Maybe investigate breast thermography as well.
>
> Charmaine

Thermography is quite safe. One of the main problems with mammography is that it leads to so many misdiagnoses. See

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html

Brother Ramon

On Sep 3, 10:40 pm, Supergoofy <thunderbirds.ar...@penelope.net> wrote:

> Do all x-rays carry the same level of risk? Or is it just breast tissue
> that's more susceptible?

> I've lost count of the x-rays I've had of my back, chest, neck, knees
> and ankles and one mammogram (at about age 35) ... but mostly on my
> lower back. My GP once made some comment about irradiating my ovaries,
> but as I had no plans to use them that thought never bothered me.

> Hubby has probably had even more x-rays than me, primarily of the neck
> and chest. I hope he doesn't get breast cancer in his moobs!  ;)

> Rachel

Well, X-rays on firm tissue and bone don't do as much immediate harm as it does on soft tissue like the breasts and the ovaries, but just the same we need to keep exposure to radiation to an absolute minimum, and I suggest telling your doctor that you don't want any x-rays
done unless he or she thinks its necessary. For example, an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences April 4, 2003 says that X-rays are not as safe as we used to think.

We all need to know just what the dangers of too many X-rays are, for example, the radiation from X-rays has been definitely linked to cancer and heart disease, which are the third and fourth causes of unnecessary deaths - see http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/RMP/index.html , for example.

Since you have had so many x-rays done already, I would strongly advise avoiding an X-ray of the lower back because of the soft tissues in that area. For example, the British Medical Journal February 17, 2001; 322: 400-405 contains a study showing that patients who had an x-ray reported more pain 3 months later than those who did not have an x-ray, and that the radiation appeared to delay recovery. It also suggests that X-rays of the lower back "did little to change treatment" and "were used to reassure patients". That kind of reassurance we don't need.

Brother Ramon