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The most devastating loss of life from breast cancer occurs between the ages of 30 to 50. Fortunately, you have more options available to you today to help detect breast cancer than in the past decades.

Unfortunately, education and awareness of these options and their effectiveness in detecting breast cancer at different stages in life are woefully deficient.

Beyond Mammography

In the first part of the in-depth article linked below, Beyond Mammography, Dr. Len Saputo explores the latest findings on the effectiveness and shortcomings of various detection methods used by the mainstream medical community, including mammography, clinical breast exams, ultrasound, and to a lesser extent, magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) and PET scans. Read the rest of this entry »

Can a gentle scalp massage really cure illnesses and injuries as diverse as carpal tunnel syndrome and Bell’s palsy — not to mention healing long-ago trauma and emotional distress? As a matter of fact, it can — if you put yourself in the hands of a trained and skilled craniosacral therapist. Of the many alternative therapies, craniosacral therapy (CST) is surely one of the most unusual. CST is a variation of osteopathic and chiropractic medicine, where a therapist gently places his/her hands atop your skull and feels for the oscillation frequency — the small degree of movement that the skull bones naturally retain throughout life. This is a subtle motion of the membrane encasing the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain and spinal cord down to the sacrum, the bone at the bottom of the spine. The therapist gently manipulates the bones to bring them back into proper alignment. It feels like a very gentle massage, but CST is a potent healing therapy for a wide variety of disorders, including chronic pain, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, learning disabilities, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, vertigo, whiplash injury, TMJ, herniated disc pain and musculoskeletal problems. While surprising and somewhat inexplicable, even many skeptics acknowledge that “sometimes it just works.” Read the rest of this entry »

EVERYONE who has been exposed to toxic chemicals and metals needs a far infrared sauna.A report published on CNN.com in July 2005 demonstrated this point quite nicely. An analysis of cord blood from 10 babies showed 287 contaminants, including mercury, fire retardants (antimony), pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA. Of the 287 contaminants found, 180 cause cancer in humans, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in March 2006 emphasized that lead poisoning remains the number one environmental threat to children. Read the rest of this entry »

In today’s lifestyle, most of us don’t actively sweat on a daily basis unless we are engaged in an exercise program. Numerous medical studies show that deep sweating has multiple health benefits. Regular bathing in a far infrared sauna provides the benefits derived from deep sweat:

• In the heat of a sauna, the core body temperature begins to rise and blood vessels dilate, causing increased blood flow. As heat from the blood moves toward the skin surfaces and the core body temperature rises, the body’s nervous system sends signals to the millions of sweat glands covering the body. As the sweat glands are stimulated, they produce sweat, which is the body’s process for cooling the body. Sweat is composed mostly of water, but deep sweating in a sauna can help reduce levels of lead, copper, zinc, nickel, and mercury, all toxins commonly picked up from our environment.

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Learning about the value of IV chelation therapy utilizing EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid) was a pivotal point in Dr. Denton’s career. Shortly after she received training by the American College of Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) in 1985, she resigned her position as a board certified emergency room physician (director of three emergency rooms) to enter private practice in the field of alternative medicine. Dr. Denton discovered that through this therapy, she might be able to keep people from having to undergo bypass surgery or repeated visits to the emergency room. She eventually became board certified in the field of clinical metal toxicology, which specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heavy metal poisoning from lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and others. This is an area that receives very little attention in medical school even today, and yet can be the missing piece of the puzzle of solving a person’s chronic illness. Read the rest of this entry »