Invented by Dr. David Watmough, the Breastlight is a new device that women can use to monitor changes to their breasts over time – right from the comfort of their own home. When used properly, the device can help women become more breast aware and detect early stages of breast cancer.
The Breastlight is compact and leverages the latest technological advancements as used in specialized hospitals and clinics. Because the unit uses red LED to shine a light through breast tissue, its best when used in very dark spaces.
The light helps you see veins, blood vessels, dark spots, and even new blood vessels, which can often indicate (and feed) new tumors that are cancerous.
The idea is that women can use the Breastlight to become more breast aware and familiar with
the normal, healthy state of their breasts. When something new appears, it’s easier for a woman to spot because it falls outside of what she’s used to seeing.
The Breastlight should not be used as a replacement for traditional mammograms. Rather, it’s a convenient way to stay atop your health in between doctor’s visits. It even helped one trial user to detect small dark areas in her left breast that were later confirmed by her doctor as a 2cm tumor.
The Breastlight has been available in the U.K. since November 2008 and is also available at Rexall pharmacies throughout Canada for $150 CAD. Sale of the Breastlight in the U.S. is currently under negotiation.
via Ladies Gadgets, Daily Tech
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