In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons returns for part two of her conversation with Ivy Harris, the homeschool mom and researcher behind Done with Diligence, to answer the question Part 1 left open: if not a mammogram, then what? Dr. Jenn makes her most direct case yet that screening healthy, asymptomatic women with mammography is unethical and unsupported by science, and she lays out the alternative she built her practice around. This is the episode where she stops critiquing the old model and hands women a new one.
Ivy asks the question every listener is thinking after Part 1: is there ever a situation where Dr. Jenn recommends a mammogram? Her answer draws the one line that matters most in this whole conversation, the line between screening a woman who feels fine and diagnosing a woman who has a symptom. One of those saves lives. The other, she argues, has been quietly manufacturing cancer for sixty years. This is the episode you'll want to send to every woman who's ever been told she has no choice but to start at 40 and repeat every year.
What You'll Learn
Why Dr. Jenn recommends no screening mammogram for any asymptomatic woman.
What the difference between FDA cleared and FDA approved really means, and why mammography would never pass the FDA today
How QT compares to mammography and why it was built for dense breasts and implants first
Why screening a 30 year old with a mammogram isn't avoided because it can't be done, but because it would reliably cause cancer
Why the WISDOM trial showed more screening produces more biopsies and more diagnoses without saving a single additional life
What women should actually screen for instead, the metabolic dysfunction and inflammatory markers that point to prevention
The daily, no-cost practices Dr. Jenn says do more for breast health than any scan, from fasting to bone-loading movement to detoxification
Why a biopsy does not spread cancer, and why stage one breast cancer is 99% survivable
Why the difference between surviving breast cancer and thriving after it usually comes down to who gets a health plan, not just a treatment plan
Episode Timeline: 01:29 Do mammograms save lives or save breasts 01:50 Why finding cancer early doesn't change the outcome 02:20 How QT imaging and doubling time work 05:01 The difference between screening and diagnosis 07:14 Thermography, ultrasound, and the tears test 12:32 FDA cleared versus FDA approved, explained 18:06 QT versus mammogram sensitivity, 91% versus 71% 20:47 QT for dense breasts and implants 23:51 QT insurance coverage, cost, and access 26:11 What age to start screening, and why not mammograms 28:20 Responding to Peter Attia and the WISDOM trial 34:21 Diet, fasting, movement, and prevention basics 38:53 What to do after a breast cancer diagnosis 39:44 Whether biopsies spread cancer, and the estrogen myth 43:30 Dr. Jenn's credentials and qualifications
Guest: Ivy Harris Where to find her: donewithdiligence.com & @donewithdiligence
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