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BREAST SCREENING USING THERMAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE
We recently imaged a lady who was diagnosed with a 2cm breast cancer last year. A mammogram 9 months earlier was clear. Her images now show suspiciously high conductivity throughout both breasts. This often indicates high risk increased oestrogenic activity, even though she has been menopausal for 7 years. This woman had a long history of severe compromise to her system, with diagnoses of hyothyroid, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, multiple allergies and a lifetime of stress. These all add to the burden on the body and increase susceptibility to disease.
Another lady imaged last week had a sister recently diagnosed with breast cancer, after having a diagnostic mammogram for a suspicious lump. At her appointment she was questioned about why she did not return for a recall to a mammogram she had the year before. She was told at the time that the mammogram was clear, however the images were rechecked, and a note put in her file for recall due to uncertainty of a mass. She never got the message.
We need to take responsibility for our health, and be aware of any changes. The MEM used by Safe Breast Imaging maps lumps and also identifies chemical changes that can alert you to changes in the breast at an earlier stage.
Ring 1300 310 820 for an appointment. Limited bookings still available.
Joanne Firth
Managing Director
Safe Breast Imaging
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0407 414 101
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Do You Have Poor Thyroid Function?
Hypothyroidism is far more prevalent than once thought.
 Thyroid hormones are used by every cell of your body to regulate metabolism and body weight by controlling the burning of fat for energy and heat. Thyroid hormones are also required for growth and development in children.
Iodine is Key for Thyroid Health: Iodine is the key to a healthy thyroid and efficient metabolism, and even comprises a large part of the thyroid hormone molecule itself. Even the names of the different forms of thyroid hormone reflect the number of iodine molecules attached -- T4 has four attached iodine molecules, and T3 (the biologically active form of the hormone) has three -- showing what an important part iodine plays in thyroid biochemistry.
Iodine deficiency is one of the three most common nutritional deficiencies, along with magnesium and vitamin D. Since iodine is so important for thyroid function, wouldn’t you expect to see an increase in hypothyroidism with insufficient iodine levels?
Yes, and that is exactly what we have seen. This means that your thyroid problem could actually be an iodine deficiency problem. If you feel sluggish and tired, have difficulty losing weight, have dry skin, hair loss, constipation or cold sensitivity, it could all be related to hypothyroidism.
More than 100 years ago, iodine was shown to reverse and prevent goiter (swelling of your thyroid gland) and to correct hypothyroidism. But we now understand that iodine’s effects are much farther reaching.
Iodine has four important functions in your body: 1. Stabilisation of metabolism and body weight; 2. Brain development in children; 3. Fertility; 4. Optimisation of your immune system (iodine is a potent anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-viral and anti- cancer agent).
While iodine levels have fallen, there have been simultaneous increases in rates of thyroid disease, breast cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, prostate cancer, and obesity in adults, and an increase in mental retardation and developmental delays in children.
Why are Iodine Levels Dropping? Simple supplementation may not be the answer as the following issues also need to be addressed. Recent national survey data suggest that just over 11 percent of the total U.S. population, and over 7 percent of pregnant women, and nearly 17 percent of all reproductive-aged women, are deficient in iodine.
The Total Diet Study, performed by the FDA, reported an iodine intake of 621 µg for 2 year-olds between 1974 and 1982, compared with 373 µg between 1982 and 1991. During this same time period, the baking industry replaced iodine-based anti-caking agents with bromine-based agents.
In addition to iodine’s disappearance from our food supply, exposure to toxic competing halogens (bromine, fluorine, chlorine and perchlorate) has dramatically increased. You absorb these halogens through your food, water, medications and environment, and they selectively occupy your iodine receptors, further deepening your iodine deficit.
Fluoridation of water is a major contributor to iodine deficiency, besides being very damaging to your health in many other ways. Additional factors contributing to falling iodine levels are: Diets low in fish, shellfish and seaweed; Vegan and vegetarian diets; Decreased use of iodised salt; Less use of iodide in the food and agricultural industry; •Use of radioactive iodine in many medical procedures, which competes with natural iodine.
Crying Wolff: A huge reason why iodine fell out of favour is the ‘Wolff-Chaikoff Effect’, which has been a disaster for public health. An experiment was done that resulted in a case of hypothyroidism, which researchers misinterpreted as being caused by excessive iodine intake. However, the individual was given intravenous radioactive iodine, which is toxic. It had nothing to do with food or supplement iodine intake, and the two are completely different.
Yet, tales of this experiment quickly spread, creating a fear of iodine that caused it to be removed from the American food supply for the last three decades... The Toxic Halides - Iodine’s Fiercest Competitors: Iodine is a member of a class of related elements called ‘halogens’ that includes bromine, fluorine, and chlorine. When they are chemically reduced, they become ‘halides’: iodide, bromide, fluoride, and chloride. These are the forms you usually encounter in your foods, medications and environment.
Iodide and chloride are beneficial in small amounts, but bromide and fluoride are toxic. They grab onto your iodine receptors, blocking the action of iodide and thyroid hormones, resulting in, or at least contributing to many serious diseases.
One of the main problems is that the toxic halides become stuck in your body. There is no known detoxification pathway for bromine and fluorine -- your body simply cannot break them down. So, they build up in your tissues and wreak havoc on your health.
Bromides: Bromides are a menace to your endocrine system and are present all around you. Despite a ban on the use of potassium bromate in flour by the World Health Organization, bromides can still be found in some over-the-counter medications, foods, and personal care products.
Learning More: Author and patient advocate Mary Shomon is one of the leading educators on thyroid health and has led the most popular consumer forum, the About.com thyroid guide. Mary cautions thyroid patients not to run out to the health food store and load up on iodine or iodine-rich supplements like kelp and bladderwrack.
According to Mary, in someone who is not iodine-deficient, excessive iodine supplementation can actually worsen a pre-existing thyroid condition, or trigger further thyroid dysfunction. The key is in getting the right amount of iodine -- not too much, not too little. The way to evaluate your iodine intake is a test [your doctor can organise]. The general protocol requires you to take a dose of iodine, collect your urine for 24 hours, and then send the sample off to a lab. If you are iodine deficient, I recommend adding sea vegetables to your diet [such as] non-commercially harvested seaweeds. The dose is about 5 grams a day or about one ounce a week.
STRESS AND THE BIOLOGY OF HOMELAND DEFENCE
(Excerpt from the book The Biology of Belief by cell biologist Bruce Lipton Ph.D www.brucelipton.com)
 In multicellular organisms, growth/protection behaviours are controlled by the nervous system. It is the nervous system’s job to monitor environmental signals, interpret them, and organise appropriate behavioural responses. In a multicellular community the nervous system acts like the government in organising the activities of its cellular citizens. When the nervous system recognizes a threatening environmental stress, it alerts the community of cells to impending danger.
The body is actually endowed with two separate protection systems, each vital to the maintenance of life. The first is the system that mobilises protection against external threats. It is called the HPA axis, which stands for the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal axis. When there are no threats the HPA axis is inactive and growth flourishes. However, when the brain’s hypothalamus perceives an environmental threat it engages the HPA axis by sending a signal to the pituitary gland, the ‘Master Gland’, which is responsible for organising the 50 trillion cells of the community to deal with the impending threat...
Similar to the roles of the [cell membrane’s] receptor protein, the hypothalamus receives and recognises environmental signals. The pituitary’s function resembles that of the effector protein in that it launches the body’s organs into action. In response to threats from the external environment, the pituitary gland sends a signal to the adrenal glands, informing them of the need to coordinate the body’s ‘fight or flight’ response...
In response to perceptions of stress registered in the brain, the hypothalamus secretes a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), which travels to the pituitary gland. CRF activates special pituitary hormone-secreting cells causing them to release adrenocortictropic hormones (ACTH) into the blood. The ACTH then makes its way to the adrenal glands, where it serves as the signal to turn on the secretion of ‘fight-flight’ adrenal hormones. These stress hormones coordinate the function of the body’s organs, providing us with great physiologic power to fend off or flee danger.
Once the adrenal alarm is sounded, the stress hormones released into the blood constrict the blood vessels of the digestive tract, forcing the energy-providing blood to preferentially nourish the tissues of the arms and legs that enable us to get out of harm’s way.
Before the blood was sent to the extremities it was concentrated in the visceral organs. Redistributing the viscera’s blood to the limbs in the fight or flight response results in an inhibition of growth-related functions. Without the blood’s nourishment the visceral organs cannot function properly. The visceral organs stop doing their life-sustaining work of digestion, absorption, excretion and other functions that provide for the growth of the cells and the production of the body’s energy reserves...
The body’s second protection system is the immune system, which protects us from threats oroginating under the skin, such as those caused by bacteria and viruses. When the immune system is mobilised it can consume much of the body’s energy supply. To get a sense of how much energy the immune system expends, recall how physically weak you become when you are fighting infections such as a flu or a cold.
When the HPA axis mobilises the body for fight or flight response, the adrenal hormones directly repress the action of the immune system to conserve energy reserves. In fact, stress hormones are so effective at curtailing immune system function that doctors provided them to recipients of transplants so that their immune systems wouldn’t reject the foreign tissues...
Activating the HPA axis also interferes with our ability to think clearly. The processing of information in the forebrain, the centre of executive reasoning and logic, is significantly slower than the reflex activity controlled by the hindbrain. In an emergency, the faster the information processing, the more likely the organism will survive. Adrenal stress hormones constrict the blood vessels in the forebrain, reducing its ability to function. Additionally, the hormones repress activity in the brain’s prefrontal cortex, the centre of conscious volitional action conscious activity...
While it is necessary that stress signals repress the slower processing conscious mind to enhance survival, it comes at a cost... diminished conscious awareness and reduced intelligence. [Takamatsu, et al, 2003, Arnsten and Goldman-Rakic 1998; Goldstein, et al, 1996]...
The HPA system is a brilliant mechanism for handling acute stresses. However, this protection system was not designed to be continuously activated. In today’s world most of the stresses we are experiencing are not in the form of acute, concrete ‘threats’ that we can easily identify, respond to and move on. We are constantly besieged by multitudes of unresolved worries about our personal lives, our jobs, and our war-torn global community. Such worries do not threaten our immediate survival but they nevertheless can activate the HPA axis, resulting in chronically elevated stress hormones.
CAN BEAUTY PRODUCTS DAMAGE HEALTH ?
Dr. Mercola www.mercola.com
 Do you enjoy a shampoo with a rich lather? A shaving cream that really foams? Relaxing in a tub full of bubbles?
These may seem like some of life’s simple, innocent pleasures -- until you look at what is causing all that lather. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), and their cousins Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Myreth Sulfate produce a lot of foam very inexpensively. But SLS is so strong that it’s also used to scrub garage floors. And it has been proven to cause cancer in the long run.
SLS stays in the body up to five days. Other studies show it easily penetrates the skin and enters and maintains residual levels in the heart, liver, the lungs, and the brain. Yet SLS is found in most cleansing, foaming products -- and even in some toothpastes.
Sources: Organic Consumers Association October 1, 2009; FoodMatters; U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, November 10, 1997
Dr. Mercola’s Comments: There are literally thousands of chemicals used in personal care products, and only a tiny fraction of them have ever been tested for safety... Did you know it’s been estimated that if you use conventional cosmetics on a daily basis, you can absorb almost 5 pounds of chemicals and toxins into your body each year?! ...Many of which have been linked to deadly side effects like cancer. Some of the major ones that you will definitely want to avoid are: Paraben; Phthalates; Musks; Artificial fragrances; Methylisothiazolinone (MIT); Toluene; Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petrolatum. They also slow cellular development, which can cause you to show earlier signs of ageing, and are a suspected cause of cancer and disruption to hormonal activity.
New Study Shows Significant Harm From Just ONE Mercury-Containing Vaccine
Dr. Mercola www.mercola.com
 A new study found that primates that received just ONE vaccination containing thimerosal, the mercury-preservative found in many vaccines including the new swine flu shot, had significant neurological impairment when compared with those who received a saline solution injection or no injection at all. Although the paper is carefully worded and the results reported modestly, these findings are certain to receive intense scrutiny. The vast majority of American infants born during the 1990’s received a vaccine formulation similar to the one the thirteen vaccinated primates received.
Thimerosal-containing vaccines are still routinely administered to newborn infants in developing countries such as Brazil, and most influenza vaccines contain thimerosal and are routinely administered to pregnant women and infants.
The finding that early exposure to potentially toxic vaccine formulations can cause significant neurodevelopmental delays in primates has explosive implications for vaccine safety management...
Drug companies have sold $1.5 billion worth of swine flu shots, in addition to the $1 billion for seasonal flu they booked earlier this year. These inoculations are part of a much wider and rapidly growing $20 billion global vaccine market. “The vaccine market is booming,” says Bruce Carlson, spokesperson at market research firm Kalorama, which publishes an annual survey of the vaccine industry. “It’s an enormous growth area for pharmaceuticals at a time when other areas are not doing so well,” he says, noting that the pipeline for more traditional blockbuster drugs such as Lipitor and Nexium has thinned. Sources: Age of Autism September 30, 2009; Time Magazine October 19, 2009; Examiner September 30, 2009; Science News September 30, 2009; Neurotoxicology October 2, 2009 [Epub ahead of Print]; ABC News October 14, 2009
Dr. Mercola’s Comments: The study above found that primates that received just ONE dose of hepatitis B vaccine containing thimerosal (adjusted for weight to simulate amount given to infants) suffered significant developmental delays. The vaccinated monkeys took more than twice as long as unexposed controls to acquire three standardized skills typically used to measure infant brain development...
The study is just one of several studies published this year, suggesting that injecting mercury into children can have far-reaching health ramifications, contrary to everything your government health officials are saying... If there are neurological effects after just one dose of mercury-containing vaccine, what might the ramifications be when you inject multiple vaccines within a short amount of time? We’ve also discovered that thimerosal is not the only dangerous ingredient in vaccines. Some include highly toxic aluminum-derivatives that may be even worse than mercury, and a number of other adjuvants have been shown to be highly problematic...(Full article + references at www.mercola.com)
WARNINGS on Package Insert for CSL Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine (Download here)
“Indicated for active immunization of persons ages 18 years of age and older.”
“There have been no controlled clinical studies demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination.”
“It is not known whether these vaccines can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity.”
Filling in the Gaps
 Missing teeth can be one of the most obvious and embarrassing problems for many people. Missing teeth affect the appearance of your smile and the biting and chewing function. Whether it is a tooth you have lost recently, or teeth that have been missing for years, the options to consider are:
IMPLANTS are a long term solution to missing teeth. They involve placing a titanium screw to act as an artificial root into the mouth and attaching a crown that is designed to exactly match your natural teeth. They are fixed in place and are designed to act as a ‘normal’ tooth. Implants are a fantastic option for people who care about their smile and want a long term alternative to removable plates and dentures.
A BRIDGE is a ‘false’ tooth attached to two anchor points at either side of the gap. It is generally made from ceramic and is designed to match the shape and color of your existing teeth. The bridge can span one or more missing spaces and in most cases, the bridge unit will look like your own natural teeth. It is fixed in place.
A partial DENTURE replaces several teeth, whereas a full denture replaces all the teeth in an upper and/or lower jaw. Partial dentures are removable and don’t blend into your natural smile as well as an implant or a bridge, however many people find they are a convenient and relatively inexpensive way of improving their smile.
See www.gerberdentalgroup.com.au or call (07) 5576 4923 for an appointment.
 
 
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