Sick Care Vs Health Care
What we call “health” care, and that involves medical attention from health professionals, is more accurately “sick” care - we are treating the body when it ails or fails us. This confusion of semantics may seem trivial, but I think that a shift in this vocabulary...
Tips for a Healthy Summer Plus Ice Tea Recipe
We love summer: life slows down, the sun is shining and feeling hot, the days are bright and long, filled with outdoor activity. These are all great components of healthy living. How do you love to spend your summer days? Here are three ways to enjoy a healthy summer....
Thermography and Mammography – A Comparison
We have written before about the possible limitations of mammography, or why more and more people are coming to question this method of screening for breast abnormalities. We have also written about breast cancer screening, and suggested thermography as a great...
Top 4 Vitamins & Supplements for Everyone
We know it can be hard to get all the nutrition your body needs from the foods you eat. We lead busy lives, we indulge and sometimes we just don’t hit the mark when it comes to nourishing foods. That’s ok. Sometimes supplements can really help to fill in the gaps and...
More on Understanding Hormones: Estrogen
At Toronto Thermography Centre, looking after women’s unique health concerns is a big part of what we do. We offer testing that empowers women to take charge of their own holistic wellness - from breast thermography to thermography that offers information on a woman’s...
Women and Hormones: What You Need to Know
A woman experiences a complexity of shifts in her body due to the continuation, or end, of menstruation. Many women can recognize when their period is about to start, or know they approaching menopause, because of some characteristic shifts in mood and physical...
Exercise for Breast Health
You have heard it before, and you know: exercise is good for you. It tones your body, fights deadly fat, and strengthens the muscles of your body - including that big important muscle, your heart. Physical exercise also reduces your risk of cancer, including breast...
Breast Cancer Screening
A Canadian study recently blew open the idea that mammography, as a tool screening tool for breast cancer, may not in fact be as effective as previously thought. Other public debates have shown the downside of this testing procedure, as well as its limitations....
Foods to Support Breast Health
Breast cancer, amongst women worldwide, is the most common cancer. Countries with low incidences of breast cancer suggest there are dietary, environmental and lifestyle factors that may play a large role in it’s presence. How can you protect yourself from breast...
Re-Evaluating Mammography
A Canadian study was recently released and published in the British Journal of Medicine. It concluded from a 25-year follow-up study design that regular mammogram screenings do not reduce death rates from breast cancer. Mammograms are a commonly accepted screening...