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Turning 50? Here are 4 things you can do to improve your health and well-being

When the ball dropped on New Year’s Eve to mark the beginning of 2023, I came to grips with the fact that I would turn 50 years old this year.

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Mother diagnosed with bowel cancer after spotting key symptom during pregnancy

A 37-year-old nurse booked a colonoscopy after noticing the symptoms while she was pregnant

The Independent UK

Mum-to-be told her concerning symptoms were caused by pregnancy - but it was colon cancer

Jennaca Russ has been told she has a 10 per cent chance of survival

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Mother diagnosed with bowel cancer after spotting key symptom during pregnancy

A 37-year-old nurse booked a colonoscopy after noticing the symptoms while she was pregnant

The Independent UK

Mother diagnosed with cancer after blood found in her stool during pregnancy

A 37-year-old nurse booked a colonoscopy after noticing the symptoms while she was pregnant

The Independent UK

Colonoscopy prep is unpleasant, but necessary

DEAR DOCTORS: I'm having my first colonoscopy in a few months. My friends say it's unpleasant, and I'm already dreading it. I think it would help if I knew what's going to happen. How often do you need to get a colonoscopy? And is there any way around having to…

Bangkok Post

Surgeon probe leads to repeated procedures

Two thousand patients will be contacted after an investigation into a surgeon working in Albury Wodonga and some will have to have new colonoscopy procedures.

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened?

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This vital cancer screening test saves countless lives — why is it still so controversial?

Screening for colon cancer contributed markedly to a decline in colorectal cancer cases and deaths over the past several decades.

Inverse

Faye Flam: Better cancer screenings are coming. Can we afford them?

Patients and their doctors count on cancer screening tests to save lives, and yet a number of large, controlled studies are showing disappointing results for mammography and other mass screening tests. This month, the New England Journal of Medicine published a controversial study that cast doubt on the widely accepted…

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Colonoscopy is still the most recommended screening for colorectal cancer, despite conflicting headlines and flawed interpretations of a new study

A recently published study in a high-profile medical journal appeared to call into question the efficacy of colonoscopy, a proven and widely utilized strategy for the screening and prevention of colorectal cancer.

The Conversation

Colonoscopies save lives. Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt

Colon cancer specialists worry that results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine could be misconstrued, and keep patients from getting lifesaving cancer screening.

WEKU

Lisa Jarvis: Don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet

Many people in the U.S. may now be thinking that they’ve received a blessed reprieve from a middle age rite of passage: the colonoscopy. After all, a large study just made headlines for suggesting the procedure isn’t nearly as effective at lowering the risk of colon cancer as previously thought.…

Tribune News Service

Leftfield: ‘Having a colonoscopy was like being in a nightclub’

If the UK electronica pioneers’ new album sounds urgent, that’s because Neil Barnes has faced divorce, depression and a cancer scare. ‘I thought: if I don’t get it done, I never will,’ he says

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Corporate hospital directed to pay ₹15 lakh for medical negligence

Judgment given by Telangana State Consumer Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

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Actor Ryan Reynolds has urged 45 year olds to screen for bowel cancer. But the case for screening in your 40s isn't clear cut

Last week, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released a video of themselves getting colonoscopies to encourage others to undergo screening. The procedure detected polyps in the two men, both aged 45.

WEKU

Why Ryan Reynolds is telling people to get a colonoscopy

After he lost a bet, actor Ryan Reynolds had his colonoscopy filmed. His doctor detected a polyp, which can be a precursor to cancer. He's now urging others to get screened for colon cancer.

The New Daily

Why Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds is sharing intimate medical details in an online video

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and pal Rob McElhenney both had video of their colonoscopies put on the web to raise cancer awareness

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Ryan Reynolds films 'potentially life-saving' colonoscopy to raise cancer awareness

The Deadpool actor posts the video on YouTube after supposedly losing a bet to Always Sunny actor Rob McElhenney.

Tribune News Service

Ryan Reynolds had polyp removed during ‘potentially life-saving’ colonoscopy

Ryan Reynolds is spreading the gospel of colonoscopies after he had polyps removed during a preventive screening.

Daily Mirror

Ryan Reynolds reveals his 'potentially life saving' moment after losing bet

Ryan Reynolds had his first colonoscopy and filmed the procedure after losing a bet to Wrexham co-chairman Rob McElhenney

The Independent UK

Ryan Reynolds films colonoscopy to highlight importance of cancer-screening procedure

“It’s a simple step that could literally, and I mean literally, save your life,” Reynolds says

Chicago Sun-Times

Ask the Doctors: Benefits of colonoscopy outweigh risk of a possible IBS flareup

A colonoscopy can identify precancerous polyps, which can be removed. And colorectal cancers found early are highly treatable.

Daily Mirror

Travis Barker is 'doing better' after battling 'extreme pain he could barely walk'

Travis Barker, 46, is reportedly battling pancreatitis, with doctors believing it was triggered by a colonoscopy

Tribune News Service

Travis Barker reportedly hospitalized for pancreatitis following colonoscopy

Severe inflammation of the pancreas, caused by a colonoscopy procedure, was the reason Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker was rushed to the hospital Tuesday, according to a new report.

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