You should get a colonoscopy if you have two common symptoms, even if you're under 50: Top GI cancer doctor
Dr James Cleary, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Dana-Farber cancer institute in Boston, warned that if you have anemia and unintended weight loss, you should get checked for colon cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can DNA Tests Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening? Can DNA Tests Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening?
Colorectal cancer screening remains inadequate in France, but DNA tests could enable screening through a simple blood test or stool analysis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Microbial Signature of KRAS-Mutated CRC Identified Microbial Signature of KRAS-Mutated CRC Identified
Researchers analyzed gut microbiota from KRAS-mutated and KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer to assess the link between disruptions in the gut microbiome and KRAS mutations in the disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Automated, Personalized Outreach Boosts CRC Screening in Diverse Patient Population
(MedPage Today) -- Automated and personalized outreach about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening led to substantial increases in participation across a diverse patient population, according to a study involving more than 1 million people.
Automated... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 16, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Possible New Standard for Treated Advanced CRC With KRAS Mutations
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- A third of patients with previously treated unresectable/metastatic KRASG12C-mutated colorectal cancer (CRC) responded to a combination of targeted drugs, a preliminary prospective study showed.
The results showed... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 12, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Decline Seen in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colon, Rectal Cancer in 2020
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- There was a 17.3 percent decrease in the number of patients undergoing surgery for colon and rectal cancer in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online March 25 in the Journal of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What to Know About the Next-Gen FIT for CRC Screening What to Know About the Next-Gen FIT for CRC Screening
Several new multitarget stool-based screening tests on the horizon may improve early colorectal cancer detection, according to findings from recent analyses.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
I graduated from North Carolina 'cancer college' - at age 35 I've lost my best friend to the disease and am now battling stage three colon cancer myself
Just three weeks after her best friend was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer, Rebekah Dunston discovered she had stage three colon cancer herself. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Major mail delivery delays raise concerns about voting in the 2024 elections
In Virginia, hundreds of veterans had their colon cancer screening tests invalidated after the results took months to arrive by mail. An Atlanta college student missed an academic trip to Ghana when their passport with two-day shipping took a month to show up. A bride in Texas had to rent a dress…#virginia #atlanta #ghana #houston #uspostalservice #postalservice #louisdejoy #leoraymond #mailershub #nationwide (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dartmouth event bats around promise, shortcomings of AI in healthcare
Dartmouth's Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence held its first symposium April 3 featuring leaders from radiology, pathology, and more.
A keynote delivered by Curtis Langlotz, MD, PhD, professor of radiology, medicine, and biomedical data science at Stanford University, summarized that AI algorithms can assist radiologists at every step of the imaging process.
"There are aids that can provide inputs to help decide which imaging tests to order; programs to enhance image quality, making it possible to reduce radiation doses used in imaging; tools that instantaneously detect imaging problems to ensure t...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Practice Management Imaging Informatics Industry News Source Type: news
Is THIS what's causing mystery rise in colon cancers among young people? New research points to bacteria in the gut linked to processed food and not eating enough fiber
Now a team in China says that more aggressive forms of the disease may be linked to three bacterias in the gut - Fusobacterium, Clostridium and Shewanella - that can become more common because of a diet high in processed foods . (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surveillance Colonoscopy Rarely IDs Cancer in Older Adults
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- Colorectal cancer (CRC) is rarely detected from surveillance colonoscopy among older adults, regardless of prior adenoma findings, according to a study published online April 2 in JAMA Network Open.
Jeffrey K. Lee,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hormonal Birth Control Doesn ’ t Deserve Its Bad Reputation
Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), rings, implants, injections, and patches.
Although the specifics vary from method to method, hormonal birth control generally works by halting ovulation and/or changing conditions in the uterus or cervix to prevent pregnancy. And it works well: efficacy rates approach 100% when these methods are used correctly.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Virtual colonoscopy lets you skip the scope. Here ’s what to know about the colorectal cancer screening Mark Cuban says saves time and money
If you’re between the ages of 45 and 85, you should have a colorectal cancer screening routine in place, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). But a colonoscopy—in which your doctor uses a special camera to look inside your colon and rectum in search of abnormal growths called polyps—isn’t the…#sharktank #markcuban #fortune #anesthesia #ct #cuban #newyorkcitys #healthcarebluebook #medicare #acs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
