Swine flu hits cancer screening Nov 6, 2009
BOWEL CANCER Bowel cancer - also known as colorectal cancer or colon cancer - is any cancer that affects the colon (large bowel) and rectum (back passage). Most bowel cancers start as benign innocent growths - called polyps - on the wall of the bowel. (BBC News -- UK)
Some vitamins may be harmful Nov 6, 2009
And regarding colon cancer, an article in the June 6, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association found that 1 mg a day of folic acid in folks who had had polyps in their large bowel actually increased by 67 percent pre-cancerous growths called advanced colorectal adenomas. If you Google my name, you'll see why vitamins E, A, and beta-carotene may also be harmful. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer' Nov 1, 2009
The reduced risk of large bowel, uterine and ovarian cancer was statistically significant. The evidence suggests that the protective effect of taking the pill lasts for at least 15 years after stopping - often into the period when women become more susceptible to developing cancers. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Bowel cancer commonest in Malaysian men Oct 27, 2009
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the increasing rate of large bowel cancer among Malaysians was due to peoples affluent and sedentary lifestyles and the lack of dietary fibres and physical activity. He said other important risk factors of large bowel cancer included chronic inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal polyps and strong family history ... 8 per 100,000 Malaysians are likely to come down with large bowel cancer each year. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Kunstler on the end of the recession Sep 16, 2009
Nowadays, with pandemic narcissism abroad in the land, the heads are more usually inserted into the aperture that leads into the large bowel. But I indulge in diverting objurgation when I should perhaps explain this American perestroika more clearly. (Harper's Magazine)
The Capsule and Colorectal-Cancer Screening Jul 16, 2009
Imagine a small capsule with a built-in camera, the size of a tablet, that is easily swallowed and can detect cancer and polyps in your large bowel. It causes no discomfort while it travels. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer' Jul 5, 2009
The reduced risk of large bowel, uterine and ovarian cancer was statistically significant. The evidence suggests that the protective effect of taking the pill lasts for at least 15 years after stopping - often into the period when women become more susceptible to developing cancers. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Cancer Drug May Boost Risk of Gastrointestinal Perforation May 27, 2009
These perforations are potentially life-threatening holes in the wall of the stomach, small intestine or large bowel. Bevacizumab is designed to slow the growth of tumors by cutting off their blood supply. (MEDLINEplus)
No sexy ailment May 4, 2009
DIVERTICULAR DISEASE Diverticular disease is a condition affecting the large bowel or colon and is thought to be caused by eating too little fibre Over a lifetime, it is estimated the human gut digests more than 65 tonnes of food and drink. Much of this food will be low in fibre, putting the gut under strain. (BBC News)
Hildreth: Irritable bowel syndrome cases increase Apr 29, 2009
Irritable means that the inner lining of the large bowel and sometimes the lower aspects of the small bowel are functioning in a very dysfunctional way and not carrying out the normal digestive process. There is always a moderate to possibly a large amount of various fatty acids and proteins within the lower bowel that will putrefy very quickly if not broken down into their digestive components creating flatulence and bowel irritability. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Summary for Patients Apr 7, 2009
For example, cancer of the large bowel (colon cancer) is detectable well before it acquires the ability to invade the rest of the body. Removal of the cancer at an early stage greatly reduces the likelihood that the patient will die of colon cancer. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Long-Term Aspirin Use Seems to Protect Against Colorectal Lesions Feb 11, 2009
"It's increasingly clear, and arguably proven, that NSAID drugs do interfere with the development of cancer in the large bowel," said study co-author Dr. John A Baron, a professor of both medicine and community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. "And this study," he added, "is a building block in our understanding of all that because it shows two things: One, if you take the NSAID drug for a while and then stop, you won't get a big rebound in terms of adenoma tumor risk. And two,... (U.S. News & World Report)
Pain Pills May Cut Risk of Bowel Cancer Feb 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for over 5 years may lessen a person's risk of developing cancer of the lower portion of the large bowel, study findings suggest ... Compared with those never using NSAIDs, NSAID use was associated with about 40 percent reduced risk for cancer in the lower portion of the large bowel overall, after allowing for age, gender, race, body mass, physical activity, and other factors potentially associated with distal... (MEDLINEplus)
