Colonoscopies

This butt-themed clothing is helping people pay for colonoscopies: ‘A– is our brand and our passion’

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This butt-themed clothing is helping people pay for colonoscopies: ‘A– is our brand and our passion’

Colon health is so chic right now. Rates of early-onset colorectal cancer are on the rise, with diagnoses before age 50 expected to double by 2030. Doctors have urged people to stay vigilant of symptoms and to undergo colonoscopies should they arise — and young people who’ve gotten their own colorectal cancer diagnoses are speaking … Read more

Colonoscopies may not reduce cancer deaths, study finds — but experts say you should still get one | CNN

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Colonoscopies may not reduce cancer deaths, study finds — but experts say you should still get one | CNN

CNN  —  Colonoscopy may reduce the risk of dying of colorectal cancer by as much as 50%, but there’s a catch: It only works if you get the scan. That’s the big takeaway message from the first randomized trial of colonoscopy, published Sunday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Colonoscopy has been recommended as … Read more