Tag: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast cancer myths: No, antiperspirants do not cause breast cancer

Antivaccine activists frequently claim that aluminum salts used as adjuvants in vaccines cause autism. However, if you listen to the quacks and cranks, that's not all aluminum does. Oh, no, that nefarious metal is also being blamed for breast cancer. But don't throw away your antiperspirant just yet. The evidence cited to support this connection is utterly unconvincing. Much of it even...

/ October 6, 2014
Thermography

Oprah’s buddy Dr. Christiane Northrup and breast thermography: The opportunistic promotion of quackery

Dr. Christiane Northrup came to fame as Oprah Winfrey's resident women's health expert. Unfortunately, she's using that fame to promote the unproven breast cancer screening modality thermography during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

/ October 11, 2010