Colon Cancer Screening May Be Even More Effective Than Experts Thought
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 -- Getting your preventive screening colonoscopy could be even more of a lifesaver than you thought, a new analysis finds.
The two gold standard tests for spotting cancers and polyps of the colon -- colonoscopy and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Patient Error Makes 1 in 10 Home Colon Cancer Tests Unusable
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- At-home tests for colon cancer make this important screening readily available to folks who can ’t afford or would rather not go through a colonoscopy.Unfortunately, more than 1 in 10 at-home tests sent to a lab are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
6 Myths About IBD, Debunked
Michelle Pickens’ symptoms escalated in college. At the time, she was throwing up at least once a day, and experiencing frequent nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation. Juggling classes with work at a design studio became an extreme exercise in perseverance. She knew in her gut that something was wrong.
Yet three different doctors “wrote it off as stress,” says Pickens, now 32, who lives in Annapolis, Md. Lab work and procedures to see inside her gastrointestinal tract showed nothing abnormal. “No one wanted to dig deeper,” she recalls. In a final act of desperation, Pickens sa...
Source: TIME: Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lindsay Lyon Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Are Liquid Biopsy Tests Cost-Effective for CRC Screening? Are Liquid Biopsy Tests Cost-Effective for CRC Screening?
In unscreened adults who refuse colonoscopy, liquid biopsy tests may not have sufficient performance and cost too much to be a viable strategy at this time, an economic analysis suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - December 7, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Colonoscop-BEE! Doctors reveal all the bizarre insects found in patients' COLONS during routine procedures - including cockroaches, ladybugs, ants and moths...
The bugs were discovered during colonoscopies - when a camera is inserted up a patient's rectum to look at the large intestine. During one procedure, doctors found a cockroach inside a woman. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anatomy expert reveals the " strange things " people lost inside their bodies
It's not uncommon for doctors to have to remove numerous bizarre objects from unsuspecting places in the human body. One such strange foreign body found recently was an entire housefly that was discovered inside a 63-year-old patient's colon during a colonoscopy, a recent case report in the…#xavierdray #sorbonneuniversity #hôpitalsaintantoine #countless #adamtaylor #lancasteruniversity #tiktok #joshuargonzalez #paraguay #preston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors baffled after spotting a fly inside a Missouri man's intestines during a routine colonoscopy
None A 63-year-old man was having a routine colonoscopy when doctors saw a fly in his intestines. • None Doctors said it was a "mystery" how the fly had gotten in there and remained intact. • None Insects can enter the intestines if food containing insect eggs or larvae is consumed. Doctors in…#noneinsects #missouri #matthewbechtold #gastroenterology #universityofmissouri #independent (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fly found in man's colon
Doctors found a live fly inside a man’s intestines during a colonoscopy, reported Metro. The patient had gone for a routine colon cancer screening in Missouri, US, this year, when medics came across the fly. The doctors, from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, said the case represents…#metro #missouri #marketplace #cambridgeshire #italians #pisamarch #skynews #queencamilla #booker #benokri (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
USPSTF-recommended screening leads to less cancer burden
Increasing use of recommended screening strategies could reduce the U.S. cancer burden, according to research published November 22 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Amy Knudsen, PhD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found an increase of 10 percentage points in the uptake of lung, colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening at their respective starting ages as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) led to decreased cancer deaths. It highlighted that this could help the U.S. achieve the Cancer Moonshot initiative’s goals.
“Achieving these reductions is predicated on ensuri...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Mystery as fully intact fly is found buzzing around inside a Missouri man's INTESTINES during a routine colonoscopy
The patient, 63, had gone to doctors in Missouri for a colon cancer screening when they made the find. Doctors said it was a 'mystery' how the fly had got there. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GLP-1 RAs Tied to Suboptimal Bowel Prep, Repeat Colonoscopy GLP-1 RAs Tied to Suboptimal Bowel Prep, Repeat Colonoscopy
For every 14 patients on a GLP-1 RA undergoing colonoscopy, one patient would require a repeat procedure owing to inadequate prep, results indicate.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - November 20, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
How AI is being used to increase cancer screening efficiencies
John Lloyd and Neeraj Sachdeva are united in their passionate advocacy for AI-enabled colonoscopy screenings, but they ’re coming at the life-saving technology from two different perspectives: One as a cancer survivor and the other as a health care provider. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Connie Gentry Source Type: news
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 -- Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), with increased associations for those without colonoscopy screening and with smoking history, according to a study published online Nov. 14... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AGA Publishes CPU for AI in Colon Polyp Diagnosis and Mgmt AGA Publishes CPU for AI in Colon Polyp Diagnosis and Mgmt
The CPU draws on recent studies and clinical experience to discuss ways that AI is already reshaping colonoscopy, and what opportunities may lie ahead.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - November 10, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
How consistent is pricing for healthcare services?
Pricing for healthcare services -- including imaging -- isn't as consistent across the U.S. as it should be, according to a study published October 27 in JAMA Health Forum.The findings underscore how important it is for patients to understand pricing variability in healthcare, wrote a team led by Benjamin Chartock, PhD, of Bentley University in Waltham, MA."Informed healthcare consumerism is a potential lever for managing costs and improving patient satisfaction," the group noted.More than half of Americans carry private healthcare insurance, for which fees are negotiated rather than set by an entity such as Medicare, the ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
