The People's Perspective on MedicineArticles categorized as Colorectal Cancer
What’s in Your Frying Pan? Omega-6 or Omega-3 Oils?
Seed oils from corn or soybeans have been linked to higher risk for cancer. Omega-3 oils from avocado, fish or olives seem safer.
Can You Prevent Colorectal Cancer With Aspirin?
A meta-analysis finds that regular aspirin use can help prevent colorectal cancer. A new study offers a reason for such an anti-cancer effect
How Do You Weigh the Benefits and Risks of Aspirin?
Before starting a daily regimen, carefully consider the benefits and risks of aspirin. Will you be helped or harmed by this amazing drug?
Do People Who Skip Meat Have a Lower Chance of Cancer?
People who skip meat in favor of fish, dairy or vegetable protein seem less likely to develop cancer of the breast, prostate or colon.
Does Regular Vigorous Exercise Cut the Chance of Cancer Spread?
Vigorous exercise increases tissue glucose usage, leaving tumors without the ability to spread easily from organ to organ.
Are Colonoscopies A Waste of Time and $$$?
How good are colonoscopies at preventing colon cancer? More important, how well does this screening procedure prevent colon cancer deaths?
How to Keep Cancer from Spreading by Taking Aspirin
Aspirin is one of the most affordable drugs in the pharmacy. Can it keep cancer from spreading? That question is surprisingly controversial.
Do Bacon and Ham Raise Risk for Colon Cancer?
French health authorities have linked the consumption of processed meat like ham, salami, and bacon to an increased risk for colon cancer.
What Are the Alternatives to Colonoscopy?
How good are the alternatives to colonoscopy, such as FIT or Cologuard, for detecting colorectal cancer? When should you start?
Are Antibiotics and Colon Cancer Linked?
Antibiotics save lives! But data are showing a link between antibiotics and colon cancer. Could an increase in this malignancy be related?
Does Vitamin D Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer?
Data from two different studies show that vitamin D may help prevent colorectal cancer, especially among younger individuals.
Show 1179: What Should You Do About Digestive Distress? (Archive)
Listen to find out when your digestive distress might signal a serious problem and when you could manage it at home with simple remedies.
Can Blood Pressure Pills Cut Risk of Colon Cancer?
In Hong Kong, people taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs seem to have a lower risk of colon cancer. Are the drugs responsible?
Reducing Cancer Risk With Vitamin D and Magnesium
A new study finds that the combination of adequate vitamin D and magnesium helps patients with colorectal cancer avoid an early death.
Should You Eat Yogurt for a Healthy Colon?
According to a new study, men who eat yogurt twice a week or more have a lower risk of colon polyps and possibly colorectal cancer.
Will Colonoscopy Change Your Gut Flora?
Colonoscopy is a life-saving procedure to detect and prevent colon cancer. Does the stringent colon cleansing process result in changes to the gut flora?
Show 1144: New Ways to Heal Your Digestive Tract
We talk with two eminent experts about how to heal your digestive tract. Dr. Shaheen treats Barrett's esophagus. Dr. Bretthauer treats C diff.
Do You Need to Take Calcium Supplements?
Older people who take calcium supplements may be getting more calcium than they need.
Should You Worry About Calcium Side Effects Like Colon Polyps?
Do you take calcium to keep your bones strong? How good is the evidence that it works? Do you know about calcium side effects such as colon polyps? New data are worrisome.
Nuts Reduce Chance of Colon Cancer Recurrence
People who frequently eat nuts reduce their risk of a recurrence of colon cancer. Nut consumption has other health benefits as well, especially for cardiovascular health.
Can What You Eat Change Your Risk of Cancer?
An anti-inflammatory diet rich in vegetables and fruits, even spices, can help reduce the risk of cancer of the colon. Soda pop and refined grains are pro-inflammatory.
How Good Is Aspirin Against Cancer in New Study?
Do you take aspirin for granted? It's one of the cheapest drugs in the drugstore. How effective is aspirin against cancer? You just might be surprised.
Colorectal Cancer Is Killing More Young Adults
A review of data since 1970 shows that colorectal cancer is killing more white Americans between age 20 and 55.
Can Curcumin in Turmeric Fight Pancreatic Cancer?
Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric. It has shown intriguing activity against breast, prostate & colorectal cancer. What about pancreatic cancer?
Nordic Diet vs. Dementia
Of course you have heard of the Mediterranean diet. We'll bet you haven't heard of the Nordic diet. It appears to be good for the brain and anticancer too.
Why You Should Exercise and Eat Right, Now
When colon cancer patients exercise and eat right, they are less likely to have the cancer return and more likely to survive.
How Does a Colonoscopy Affect Microbes of the Digestive Tract?
Cleansing the bowel in preparation for a colonoscopy may deplete the digestive tract of many types of beneficial bacteria. Probiotics might restore them.
Staying Active Can Help Prevent Chronic Health Problems
People who engage regularly in moderate to vigorous physical activity are less prone to chronic health problems such as heart disease or diabetes.
Vitamin D and Calcium Supplements Failed in Cancer Prevention
A placebo-controlled study found that vitamin D and calcium supplements did not prevent recurrence of adenomas, growths that may turn into cancer.
Dried Plums Against Colon Cancer
When dried plums were included in rats' chow, they were less likely to develop precancerous abnormalities of the colon and had better balanced gut flora.
Genes Determine Whether Aspirin or Ibuprofen Can Protect Against Colon Cancer
Before starting a long-term habit of taking aspirin to prevent colon cancer, patients should request genetic testing to see if this will help or hurt.
Vitamin D Aids Cancer Survival
People with higher blood levels of vitamin D when they were diagnosed with cancer survived months longer.
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