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Colon Polyps

Weekly Health Tip: It's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Colon Polyps, Colon-Cancer-Screening, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Personal Health, Home News
Deepak Chopra

Nearly 50,000 men and women die of colorectal cancer every year. It is the fourth most frequent cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., and most of the fatal cases occur in people who have not had a regular screening for cancer of the colon and rectum.

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When The Doctor Becomes A Patient

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Adenoma, Dr. Oz, The Dr. Oz Show, Mehmet Oz, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Colon Cancer, Colon-Polyps, Colonoscopy, Pre Cancerous Polyps, Health, Healthy Living News
Mehmet Oz, M.D.

We cannot control the cards we are dealt but we can control how we play them. While these reminders are never pleasant, they are almost always gifts if we choose to treat them as such.

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Colorectal Cancer Screening: Know Your Options

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Colorectal Cancer, Colonoscopy, Fecal Immunochemical Tests, Cancer Screening, Dave Barry, Colon Polyps, Colon Cancer, American College of Gastroenterology, United States Preventive Services Task Force, Health, Healthy Living News
Erin N. Marcus, M.D.

Screening people between the ages of 50 and 75 for colorectal cancer is so effective at preventing deaths that the USPSTF gives it an "A" rating, higher than breast or prostate cancer screening.

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