Pushing Mammograms on Women With Alzheimer's Disease

Here's a story about the mammography industry that sounds almost too crazy -- and too greedy -- to be true. But the facts are documented in a new study by University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers. It turns out that unneeded, expensive mammograms are being pushed on elderly women who are incapacitated from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, especially if the women have savings or assets of $100,000 or more.

The study, which was just published in the January edition of American Journal of Public Health, used 2002 data from the Health and Retirement Study, an ongoing national prospective study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging that is investigating the relationship between health, income, and wealth over time. The researchers were able to document screening mammography rates by compiling information from Medicare claims.

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New Evidence - Mammograms May Not be the Best Answer

(NaturalNews) Ever since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a look, finally, at the scientific evidence and announced new recommendations earlier this month for routine mammograms -- specifically that women under 50 should avoid them and women over 50 should only get them every other year -- the reactions from many women, doctors and the mainstream media have reached the point of near hysteria.

Not getting annual mammograms, some say, means countless women will receive a virtual death sentence because their breast tumors won't be discovered. But what is rarely discussed about mammograms is this: the tests could actually be causing many cases of breast cancer.

In fact, a new study just presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), concludes the low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening significantly increases breast cancer risk in women with a genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer. This is particularly worrisome because women who are at high risk for breast cancer are regularly pushed to start mammograms at a younger age -- as early as 25 -- and that means they are exposed to more radiation from mammography earlier and for more years than women who don't have breast cancer in their family trees.

Once again, we all have to decide for ourselves what is best for each of us.

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A study was done on over 200,000 Norwegian women, ages 50-64 over 2 consecutive 6- year periods. Half of the women received regular mammograms and/or periodic breast exams. The other half had no regular screenings for breast cancer.

The researchers, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., Perh-Henrik Zahl, M.D., Ph.D., and Jan Mehlen, M.D., Ph.D. found that the women who received regular routine screening had 22 percent more incidents of breast cancer than the other women in the study.

It was concluded by Dr. Welch that the second group of women (who had no regular screenings) had just as many occurrances of breast cancer but these abnormalities took care of themselves within the body naturally and without any intervention.

One of the body’s natural functions is apoptosis —scourging cancer cells and encouraging the growth of healthy cells. (The definition of apoptosis is disintegration of cells into membrane-bound particles that are then eliminated by shedding).

Dr. Northrup says, "Scientific studies document this, as in the example of Coenzyme Q10. Coenzyme Q10 is a naturally occurring substance in the body (and is widely available in supplement form). It has been shown to play a significant role in causing cancer cells to self-destruct without killing healthy cells or harming their DNA.  I hope that, as a result of learning about this study, my readers will put more faith in the body’s ability to heal itself and see that excessive medical testing doesn’t really provide them with better health.”

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, has written numerous articles about the pros and cons of today’s mammography,
and a book called, Should I Get Tested For Cancer? Maybe Not And Here's Why.

Chiropractors have been teaching their patients for years that the body has the ability to heal itself if it is given what is needed.  All of us are constantly fighting off cancers inside our bodies.  That is why we need to keep our immune systems high.