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Show 944: Dr. Susan Love Tells You What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer & Mammograms

Over the last several years, enormous controversy has erupted over the usual ways we detect and treat breast cancer. What is the current state of scientific understanding about this common disease? Dr. Susan Love, author of the enormously popular Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, describes when mammograms are most helpful and why people have been arguing about them.

She also discusses what is now known about the nature of breast cancer and shares her personal story as a cancer (leukemia) survivor. How can women help science learn about preventing breast cancer in the first place?

Don’t miss the extended interview with Dr. Susan Love.

This Week’s Guest:

Susan Love, M.D., is Chief Visionary Officer of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the eradication of breast cancer. She is also an adjunct professor of Surgery at UCLA.

She is the author of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love’s Hormone Book. Her websites include armyofwomen.org and healthofwomenstudy.org, as well as dslrf.org. We offer the opportunity to get both the CD of the show and Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book for 15% less than list price in this Listen & Read combination.  

Listen to the Podcast

The podcast of this program will be available the Monday after the broadcast date. The show can be streamed online from this site and podcasts can be downloaded for free.

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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