Most women are just being told what to do, rather than being given the facts necessary to make a fully informed decision.
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I think I do a pretty good job in the video explaining why I decided to take on this topic. There’s just so much confusion combined with the corrupting commercial interests of a billion dollar industry. As with any important health decision, everyone should be fully informed of the risks and benefits and make up their own mind about their own bodies. That’s why I created this 14 part video series.
So that NutritionFacts.org isn’t all-mammograms-all-the-time for weeks, we’re only going to run a few of these back-to-back at a time, interspersing them our “regularly scheduled programming.” Please give us feedback as to whether I should continue to do more of these deep dives or you prefer more superficial coverage across a greater variety of topics (or if we’ve hit the perfect Goldilocks mix!).
Stay tuned for the rest of the videos in this 14-part series:
• Mammogram Recommendations – Why the Conflicting Guidelines (
• Should Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40? (
• Do Mammograms Save Lives? (
• Consequences of False-Positive Mammogram Results (
• Do Mammograms Hurt? (
• Can Mammogram Radiation Cause Breast Cancer? (
• Understanding the Mammogram Paradox (
• Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS (
• Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms (
• Breast Cancer and the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth (
• Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives (
• Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms (
• The Pros and Cons of Mammograms (
I was able to fit colon cancer screening into just one video if you can believe it! Here you go if you missed it: Should We All Get Colonoscopies Starting at Age 50? (
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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
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