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I really hate posting this because our daily lives have become very attached to our cell phones. They provide on the go communications better than ever in history. However this could also be an argument for my friends out there who absolutely refuse to use text messaging. I am attached (dare I say hooked….na) to my cell phone as I treat it like an American Express card; I don’t leave home without it. One thing that I use my phone for which has prevented me many times form leaving it behind is texting my current location and mileage to my email. It’s a habit for me to do so as I’m leaving where I’m at. This habit is also good for having recorded when you left somewhere. I do the same when I stop for gas, creating a sort of auto-log for gas and mileage. Buy I digress from the real topic here.

Here is an article outlining the health problems that have already been reported, and I’m sure more will come along about the dangers of the radiation emitted from cell phones. http://superconducstors.blogspot.com/2009/12/cell-phone-hazards-evidence-is-in.html

And this one that focuses more on use by children. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-345465/Parents-ignoring-mobile-phone-risks.html

As many surmised long before the dangers of smoking were officially announced in the early 60’s, that smoking was not a healthy thing to be doing. That in mind, I am sure others have considered the likely health hazards related to cell phone use radiation. It mostly came to me in seeing teens outside, especailly at night, using their cell phones. It brought back memories of decades ago seeing the glow of teens cigarettes. Initially my thought was better the phones, than cigarettes. But then the thought that is was really a matter of one bad habit being replaced with a higher tech, possibly even more dangerous habit? As mentioned earlier, the habit of texting, versus talking on the phone is probably a much safer use of it? Have not seen any indications of dangers from texting, it in fact is suggested as a means to keep it from the ear, which is considered the stronger exposure to the radiation.

Here is a link to  avoiding exposure.
http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post003607/
Note however I do not agree with using a bluetooth device being an effective means of limiting radiation. As this article also states. http://www.emfblues.com/Bluetooth-EMF-Safety-Health-Effects-Dangers-Bluetooth-Headsets-Dangerous-Radiation.html
Having studied electronics technology and the fact that the effects of radiation are cummlative, as the previous article states; no, or insufficient research has been conducted on it’s safety. Given that many keep the bluetooth device in their ear all or most of the day, my guess would be that it’s actaully worse since the signal is being transmitted as long as the bluetooth device is turned on and worn, not just when talking on the phone.

Here are a couple more reference links.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Are-Cell-Phones-and-Bluetooth-Headsets-Safe?&id=2237979
http://clarkhoward.com/liveweb/shownotes/2009/09/11/16632/

A key part of leading a healthy lifestyle is to get lots of fresh raw fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. The problem is, most people do not and wiht children it’s worse. Cell phones and their wireless accessories expose us daily to more radiation than ever before. The best way to protect from the damage done is with fruits and vegetables. For an easy way to accomplish that go here: Contact me rick@rickfigley.com or 954-649-5896 to learn more or visit my Juice Plus+ website www.rickshowsjuiceplus.com

This article explans how Thermography is the best approach to preventing Breast Cancer, versus the Mammography approach of diagnostics of a malignancy.

This article really covers all cancers in general. But focuses on one woman’s experience with repeated unnecessary Mammograms. ”If I had known then what I know now, I would have asked her why doctors place so little effort or educational emphasis on real food and healthy diets, and about Thermography. By the year 2007, I was learning even more about diet and lifestyle as it related to cancer and health. I also learned about an exciting procedure -FDA approved and has been used in Europe for decades – thermography. It is less expensive than mammograms, and can detect cancer up to 10 years before a mammogram.”

This artice explains the advantages of a Thermography rather than a Mammogram for “Preventing” breast cancer.

Skip Your Next Mammogram?

I’ve made a number of posts on Mammograms and Breast Cancer and will continue to provide important updates from reliable sources to share. This is from Dr. Pam Popper’s Newsletter. I’ve got her as a resource here at the right column, referred to as “The Wellness Forum“. Dr. Pam Popper is a great resource for very credible nutrition and health information in that she has a very scientific approach and is also quite blunt going by the research results of any topic she comments on. She is big on pointing out erronious information being distrubited to the public she is an awesome resource to check with when you are contemplting making changes in your lifestyle or going for a medical procedure or test.

She has her two latest Newsletters on this topic and clarifies the controvice that has been in the news on this.

Go Here for this info:
Wellness Forum Newsstand and see the last two issues (47) in two parts.

Here are a couple excerpts that I found particularly interesting:

“If breast and prostate cancer screening really worked, the researchers correctly noted, they should have resulted in incurable cancers being found early and treated when they could be cured. A large increase in the detection of early-stage cancers should have been accompanied by a decline in late-stage cancers. But this did not happen.”

“Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society told the New York Times in response to the earlier JAMA study that the organization would post a message on its website next year saying that screening for breast, prostate and certain other cancers results in the over-treatment of non-aggressive cancers while often missing more aggressive deadly cancers.”

“We don’t want people to panic,” he said, “But I’m admitting that American medicine has over-promised when it comes to screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated.”

One thing that is not stated in this issue is that there is an alternative for screening in a test called Thermography.I’ve referred to it in previous postings I’ve done, but here is a podcast with Dr. Popper and a Clinical Thermographer, Theresa Spires, owner of Functional Imaging, about the technology and how it works, along with applications other than breast imaging, discussing it’s benefits and differences from Mammography. When going to this link scroll down to the “Breast Thermography” podcast and click t listen to that.Very informative.

If  you are in the South Florida area, you can call or visit Florida Natural Healthcare Center, one of their services is Thermography http://floridanaturalhealthcare.com/thermography.html 
Call them and let them know I referred you.

If  you are not in the South Florida area, you can go to a resource to locate a Thermography office near you by clicking here Thermography Services.

This is a follow-up to my previous post on new information from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Many sources, mostly western medicine sources keep sticking to the claim that family history (Genes) and old age are the biggest risk factor in spite of the fact that the actual evidence says otherwise. That Lifestyle; good nutrition and exercise have more of an impact on getting ANY disease. Meaning articles like this have it backwards http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33080081/ns/health-cancer/ns/health-cancer/ when studies studying cultures around the world have found when women of a certain culture have western changes in their diet, their risk of breast cancer increases dramatically.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Urban-lifestyle-major-cause-of-breast-cancer/articleshow/5233475.cms

One source that well documents the relationship between Diet and disease is the book “The China Study”. See exerpts here: http://www.thechinastudy.com/PDFs/ChinaStudy_Excerpt.pdf

In the Video at this link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34040273/ns/health-cancer/ the concern is regarding the number of cancers found compared to the number tested. The problem is women are more willing to get tested in the effort to be made aware sooner rather than later if there is a cancerous condition when the more important issue is using testing that can detect if the conditions exist where a cancer may develop such as thermography as per one of my previous posts on that testing procedure.

Hi all,

One of the resources I recommend to the readers of my blog is the Wellness Forum run by Dr. Pam Popper, a nutionist and great information on nutrition and getting a better understanding of medical tests and treatments, thier pros and cons that your doctor is maybe not aware of.

Here is a link to her latest newsletter.
http://www.wellnessforum.com/NewsStand/

If you haven’t subscribed I recommend going here http://www.wellnessforum.com/Forms/SubscribeNewsletterForm and doing so.

Dr. Pam Popper often speaks locally about health and Juice Plus+ which she often incorporates in the nutritional excellence for her clients.
No other nutritional product has been proven clinically to boost the immune system other than Juice Plus+, other than fruits and vegetables which is what Juice Plus+ is made of.
Contact me rick@rickfigley.com or 954-649-5896 to learn more or visit my Juice Plus+ website www.rickshowsjuiceplus.com