Colonoscopy

Hello, I'm Norman Swan. Welcome to this program on beating bowel cancer - prevention, detection, treatment. We're coming to you on Rural Health Channel 600. Nearly 300 people a week...

The average American should get a colonoscopy at age 50. There are certain populations that need them sooner such as people with a family history of colon cancer at a young age and in other patients...

The CDC has quite a few activities in the area of colorectal cancer, we have what we call the Colorectal Cancer Control Program, which is in 25 states in four tribes or tribal organizations and that...

Polyps certainly raise the risk or increase the risk of developing colon cancer. There are several types of polyps though. There are what we call tubular polyps which are basically like grape like...

SANDRA I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE COLONOSCOPY IN DETAIL, THE ONLY THING I HEARD WAS THAT THEY'RE GONNA GO IN YOUR COLON, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK FOR THIS, THEY'RE GONNA...

JIM I THINK AFTER MY LAST COLONOSCOPY I WENT DOWN TO THE LOBBY, AND THERE'S A LITTLE STAND THAT SELLS COFFEE AND DONUTS, AND I HAD A CHOCOLATE DONUT AND A CUP OF COFFEE AS QUICKLY AS I COULD...

Host 1: We are with the good doctor Host 2: Hello, doctor! Host 1: And he has some important information Host 2: We'll be seeing him in a moment. We're actually going to do a kind of...

One of the reasons I became a physician was that even as a child I was always quite intrigued about the human body, the function of our body, how people suffered and, you know, we all are exposed to...

We are living in a very difficult time of financial crisis as you all know and I am sure live in the middle of it. It is absolutely critical to have funding to move research forward. With no funding,...

There are many possible symptoms related to colon cancer including bleeding, abdominal pain, change in size of the stool, diarrhea, and constipation. These can be related to early colon cancer. They...