Breast Health Blog

Anthony Piana and Kimberly Lavoie on the stigmatization of dense breasts and the cancer risk of dense breasts

Back in June, I was delighted to have the opportunity to be interviewed on The Root of Our Health podcast, hosted by Elizabeth DiCristofano, a functional medicine health coach who focuses on empowering women over 40 to get to the root cause of their health issues. We had an amazing chat, and we went over […]

Tips on Working with Your Doctor for Total Breast Health Care Patients are always asking me if their doctor will understand their thermography report. There’s a large spectrum of responses I’ve heard from my patients’ doctors. Some doctors support thermography so much so, they highly suggest all their patients to have an annual full-body scan. […]

This August I was invited to be invited on Mo Akins’ podcast, Health Your Own Way. Mo and and I had a lovely chat, covering breast cancer symptoms to watch out for, breast cancer prevention, the importance of the immune system, and everything in between. Watch it now! Learn more about breast health, including clear […]

Stress in this time of rapid change is a number one health concern and for good reason. In fact, the US Public Health Service has made stress reduction its number one health-promoting goal. No one is immune to having experienced some form of stress and anxiety. Women may be even more prone due to wearing […]

Spring is the time when the Earth gives us cleansing herbs and bitter greens to help detox and clear the stagnant energy of winter. It is during this time of the year we begin foraging for our favorite edible spring greens like dandelion, nettle, watercress, lamb’s quarters, violet, chickweed, chicory, amaranth, red mustard, and arugula. Spring is also a natural […]

In October 2020 I was honored to be invited as a guest speaker for the Beljanski Foundation Breast Cancer Healthy Tuesdays show. Watch my presentation below on Beauty and the Beast – the Perverse Relationship Between Breast Cancer and Environmental Estrogens along with other health specialists on the panel that day. Find out more about Thermography and […]

The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer has been increasing dramatically in recent years. As a thermographer I can attest to this as I have personally seen an increase in women with fibrocystic breast, suspicious thermographic findings and breast cancer over the past 2 years. Aren’t we getting tired of these statics? One out […]

  As the holiday season approaches, a gathering would not be complete without a cheese board. Until I started researching the genetically engineered growth hormone called rBGH, I was a hard core grazer at those cheese boards. Not anymore. This is not new news, but like news, it is released and falls by the way […]

October is Breast HEALTH Awareness Month! Let’s focus on Breast Health, exploring ways to prevent cancer at a cellular level and minimize our exposure to radiation. While commonly performed, mammograms are uncomfortable and use ionizing and cancer-causing radiation. It is true that mammograms have saved lives and been helpful in detecting cancer. Many women are […]