Digital for The Sake of Health

While researching some of the downfalls that digital has created for film photography I ran across an article that caught my eye. In this case, digital has not only changed an occupation, it has helped with the detection of breast cancer in women. In the article "Mamograms go Digital" by Clint Cooper taken from the Chattanooga Times (January 2007) the use of digital photography is actually enhancing the ability to detect breast cancer in an amazing time frame. This article suggested "...digital imaging improved cancer detection by 15 percent in women under age 50 and in those nearing menopause and by 11 percent in women of any age with dense breasts." It has also been proven to use less radiation, create sharper image quality and now they have the ability to readily track change in the images by saving them to a computer disk. This is once instance in which digital is actually improving the quality in life of women all over the world. Although many doctors and avid film lovers are opposed to the use of this new technology, it can not be denied that in this field it is better to go digital. Sometimes we have to hang up the towel and realize that all new things are not bad. If the advancement of digitial technology in mamograms means that more women are able to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage, I say go digital for the sake of health.