Dear Radiant Body,
If you’re not already on the schedule, and need breast or body scanning, please join me in this light-filled cottage for your next thermogram. Dates available at the cottage: October 27 - November 7th. Here are six attributes that set us apart from lesser clinics just in the quality of the reporting.
Each breast report:
1. Is interpreted by the best team in the country, led by Dr. William C. Amalu, DC, DABCT. If interested, see more about Dr. Amalu at his site. He has over three decades of experience and has written extensively on the subject of infrared imaging of the breast and considered one of the world’s renowned experts by the editors of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook: Medical Devices and Systems, in which is contained a chapter on Infrared Imaging of the Breast written by Dr. Amalu. Email us for a copy of this chapter which is a compilation of all the pertinent medical literature on the subject.
2. Contains two sets of high-resolution images, color and black & white.
3. Includes closeup images taken as standard procedure (closeups omitted by many clinics due to camera limitations).
4. Gives you a hormone pattern analysis, reporting the changes, if any, since last visit. There’s currently no great test in the medical industry for measuring estrogen in breasts. Breasts can contain much more estrogen than in the blood so a blood test is very limited. Many docs believe the best test so far is a urine test that measures excreted estrogen, still not breast specific. Imbalances of estrogen create a thermal pattern in breasts that is visible with thermography, a fabulous tool for correcting a problem before it manifests into serious problems.
5. Individualized Future Breast Risk. Studies show that an abnormal thermogram is 10X more predictive than a first order family history. A persistent abnormal thermogram is 22X more predictive than a first order family history. (Amalric, R., Gautherie, M., Hobbins, W., Stark, A.: The Future of Women with an Isolated Abnormal Infrared Thermogram. La Nouvelle Presse Med 10(38):3153-3159, 1981.), (Louis, K., Walter, J., Gautherie, M.: Long-Term Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk by Thermal Imaging. Biomedical Thermology. Alan R. Liss Inc. pp.279-301, 1982.) The great news is that many women see objective proof of risk reduction as their numerical breast thermography grades and hormone imbalance patterns improve with their lifestyle changes.
6. Provides a “roadmap” for a structural imaging technician - detailed instructions about locations of any concerns which can lead an ultrasound technician directly to the areas of greater risk. Once you’ve ruled out solid matter existing in these areas with an ultrasound or other means of structural imaging, and everything remains stable year to year with your thermal patterns, “additional imaging” will not be recommended unless there is an increase in heat somewhere in your normal pattern, allowing one to substantially reduce exposure to unnecessary radiation and harmful testing.
The Portland cottage address is:
4141 SE Crystal Springs Blvd #B , Portland, OR 97202
Feel free to park in the driveway.
A Little Backstory Regarding the Last Year
With clients being so repelled by the riot-damaged downtown of Portland and the unending lock-downs and restrictions on businesses and activity in general, I made the difficult decision to move headquarters to Florida’s “Emerald Coast” while developing a thermography imaging route from Oregon to Florida (stay tuned for more on this subject.) Here’s the new headquarters clinic, at 111 Opp Blvd NE, Fort Walton Beach, a block north of the Uptown Station Shopping Center.
A mile and a half south of the clinic are these white sandy beaches! The clinic is only 7 miles from the airport, the Destin/FortWaltonBeach/Valparaiso Airport (VPS). Please visit me here if you can! Plenty of Vitamin D all year round. This photo was taken February 2021 on my trip to look for a place to relocate the clinic.
My plan is to return again to Portland in the late spring and I anticipate making two trips a year by car to serve the Portland area; however, this is a fluid situation and could change if Oregon gets even more restrictive or if costs far exceed demand. I will keep you posted. Realizing that Portland area clients will lose hugely if we pull out entirely, I am making a large effort to continue serving the area. Thank you for spreading the word about our high-quality thermography services.
Thermography provides safe imaging for Younger Women under screening age - 15% of all breast cancers occur in women under 45 - it’s the most common cancer in this age group and they have poorer survival rates than older women. The International Academy of Thermology recommends women begin at 20 and have thermography every 3 years until age 30, then annually from age 30.
Did you know that dense breast tissue absorbs significantly more radiation compared to fatty breast tissue? Most are unaware of this and search engines seem to bury it, I wonder why? So I’m linking you to the American College of OB-GYN here, to read for yourself what they say about dense tissue absorbing “SIGNIFICANTLY” more radiation compared to fatty tissue, titled Management of Women With Dense Breasts Diagnosed by Mammography. Sadly they still refuse to acknowledge the contribution that thermography makes and they exaggerate “benefits” of radiation-based screening. One has to assume they prefer to wait until a lump or bump forms rather than detecting the pathology before a solid cancerous tumor is formed. From a financial perspective, this is a more lucrative policy, but it could be considered criminally negligent in light of the presence of technology that is known for detecting issues well ahead of tumor formation when reversing the trend is so much easier.
The medical system seems to be imploding on itself with its chosen “protocols” and standards of “care”. May you never need to enter a hospital! Sending love to all radiant bodies taking a stand for health freedom. My heart is with you.
As usual, thank you for trusting me with your imaging!
Candace Parmer
Clinical Thermographic Technician
Radiant Body Thermography
850-374-3712
503-775-1812