March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and if there’s one message I want every neighbor, friend, and family member to hear, ...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, shedding light on a health concern that affects people across many age groups but can be prevented and treated. The disease is now the number one cause of ...
Bulgaria's cancer screening programme, worth €10.4 million, was launched two years ago as part of efforts to tackle the nation's high cancer mortality rate, its halted despite rising cancer incidence ...
Loved ones are remembering an Iowa man killed in a home explosion last month. First responders found 51-year-old John David Christensen’s body inside his home in rural Adair County on February 26. The ...
Colon cancer doesn’t always announce itself early, and that’s exactly why screening matters so much.A colonoscopy isn’t just a test that finds cancer; it can actually prevent it ...
Nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) play a central role in preventive care, screening, chronic disease management, and patient education. Expanding this workforce is particularly ...
People at risk of colorectal cancer are sometimes prescribed daily aspirin. Scientists look into that preventative possibility and safety for everyone.
Learn why colonoscopy screening starting at 45 can find and remove polyps early, reduce colorectal cancer risk, and ease ...
How to prep for your colonoscopy during colorectal cancer awareness month plus more health and wellness tips from this week.
Dr. Salina Lee of Rush University Medical Center explains who should be screened for colon cancer, how often tests are recommended and what patients should know ahead of a colonoscopy.
Lotsoff is the medical director for the BJC Outpatient GI Lab in Edwardsville, where residents can get screened without having to go across the river. While those with later-stage cases of colorectal ...