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Greenville Natural Health Center Offering Thermograms As Safe, Pain-Free Alternative To Mammograms

Submitted by: Kathy Vass on Dec 04, 2009 at 1:53 pm Tagged with: integrative medicine, natural health and wellness, thermography, womens' health Source: Greenville Natural Health Center

As patients and many in the medical community are expressing concerns over recent changes in the recommended guidelines for mammograms, Greenville Natural Health Center is offering breast thermography, a safe, pain-free alternative for detecting breast disease.

Breast thermography combines advanced digital technology with ultra-sensitive infrared camera imaging to detect patterns of heat produced from the increased circulation produced by abnormal metabolic activity in cancer cells. There is no radiation exposure and no compression of breast tissue during a thermogram. The entire breast can be imaged, and changes in breast tissue that accompany the smallest of tumors can be detected. Thermography also differentiates between fibrocystic breast disease and tumors.

“Our goal is to keep our patients healthy, and we believe thermography to be among the most effective, safe methods of breast screening,” said Dr. Marin Ponton, an acupuncture physician specializing in women’s health. “We offer thermograms to our patients for only the cost of the exam because we believe this method of diagnostic testing increases the chance of detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages.”

Asheville Integrative Medicine administers thermograms for Greenville Natural Health Center each quarter, with appointments now being accepted for the next scheduled testing date on Feb. 10, 2010. Appointments can be made by calling 864-370-1140.

Dr. Ponton opened Greenville Natural Health Center in 2007, specializing in women’s health and wellness. The Center integrates biomedicine (Western medicine) with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), utilizing a holistic (mind-body) approach to issues such as chronic fatigue, menopause and infertility. Her studies include the American University of Paris, FAMU University in Prague, The University of Miami, and The Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Ponton presently is part of the 2010 Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) class at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland. The highest level of academic achievement presently available to acupuncture practitioners in the United States, a DAOM will allow Dr. Ponton to work on government or privately funded research projects and to teach at the university level.