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• Your Health and Colon Cleansing

  
  Healthy Living Times — Authority: 139
  Unless your physician is one of the rare individuals who has found a way to marry medical science with the age-old wisdom found in homeopathy the odds are good that your doctor has not talked to you about regularly cleansing your colon. As a matter of fact, the closest your medical doctor may have ever gotten to even ...
  5 days ago

• Colonoscopy: Important for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

  
  United Spinal's Action Online Magazine — Authority: 125
  Here’s some detailed information about the importance of colonoscopy in the early detection of colon cancer in persons with SCI. By Ravi R. Vinnakota MD, Robert Williams MS, Dr. Mark Korsten, MD, Marinella Galea, MD, and Ann M. Spungen, EdD Colonoscopy A colonoscopy is an instrument used by a gastroenterologist ...
  6 days ago

• Medical News: Colonoscopy Riskier in Older Age - in Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology from MedPage Today

  
  Your Learning Guide In Surgery And Surgical Treatments — Authority: 118
  Medical News: Colonoscopy Riskier in Older Age - in Gastroenterology, General Gastroenterology from MedPage Today
  1 week ago

• Vital Signs: Screening: One More Reason to Get Up Early

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  The new study looked at the results from colonoscopies performed on 477 patients at the West Los Angeles Veterans Medical Center in 2006 and 2007.
  1 week ago

• GLENDALE, FOR THE BEST GASTRIC LAP BAND SURGERY

  
  INTACTINFOs BLOG — Authority: 143
  Physical exercise is sometimes not feasible in cases of morbid obesity, especially when there are other co-morbid conditions like diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. At times, regular weight loss surgeries like liposuction and tummy tucks fail... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
  1 week ago

• GLENDALE, FOR THE BEST GASTRIC LAP BAND SURGERY

  
  Businessmusings — Authority: 144
  Physical exercise is sometimes not feasible in cases of morbid obesity, especially when there are other co-morbid conditions like diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. At times, regular weight loss surgeries like liposuction and tummy tucks fail to bring about the desired results. The only solution left then is the ...
  1 week ago

• Faster, Cheaper Polyp Diagnosis

  
  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition — Authority: 126
  Written by Kate Murphy . Deciding whether small colon polyps were adenomas or less dangerous hyperplastic ones can be done safely during the colonoscopy exam itself.  Avoiding the need for an additional pathology test could make diagnosis faster and less expensive. Adenomas have the potential to develop into ...
  1 week ago

• Recent Developments in Colonoscopy

  
  Testing It Up Drug & Health Testing News Test Country Blog — Authority: 145
  Undergoing a colonoscopy is perhaps one of life’s greatest ironies, at least for those who need to go through them. It is reportedly (I could only go as far as write based on the experiences of others as told to me as I have not gone through the procedure myself) not the most comfortable of medical procedures to ...
  1 week ago

• Following Fleet Phospho-soda Recall Researchers Look at Alternatives

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 553
  Researchers are examining a number of colonoscopy prep alternatives following reports of serious and potentially life-threatening kidney problems that resulted in a Fleet Phosphosoda recall almost a year ago. At the 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, several studies and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Americans Get More Mammograms, Colonoscopies, etc. than Europeans

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 554
  We don’t get a little bit more. We get a whole lot more. But first things first. If you are like me you probably have noticed a claim being repeated over and over again, like a steady drumbeat: that Americans spend more, but get less care. The latest, from the Commonwealth Fund (CWF), is published in Health ...
  2 weeks ago

• Colonoscopy early in morning better for colon cancer screening

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 134
  UCLA.edu - The effectiveness of colonoscopy for colon cancer screening may depend on the time of day it is performed. According to a new UCLA study, early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, and fewer polyps were found hour by hour as the day progressed.The findings, published ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gastroenterology Meeting Highlights

  
  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition — Authority: 126
  Written by Kate Murphy . ACG Annual Meeting 2009 Brief Reports The American College of Gastroenterology held its Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego from October 23 – 28, 2009 in San Diego.  Research reported during the meeting included how videorecordings of colonoscopy improved quality tests, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sex Watch? Uncensored Breast Exams Provide Public Service — And Ratings

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 801
  A DC local news station, WJLA , has gotten into hot water in some quarters for airing a bare-breasted, unpixelated guide to breast self-exams. Critics say it’s a salacious ratings ploy, but defenders say it’s a valuable public service. Could it be a little bit of both? The segment has found a formidable ...
  2 weeks ago

• High-definition colonoscopy finds more polyps

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 134
  MayoClinic.org - High-definition colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.They say their findings, presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in San Diego, are not ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dreaded Colonoscopy for Aging Parent

  
  Aging Parents Authority — Authority: 117
  We’re going through the dreaded colonscopy at my house. My Dad, who is 83, is currently drinking the prep liquid. That means, we’re all involved in one way or another. Let’s face it.  It’s a difficult test. Improvements have been made, however. He no longer has to drink as much of the liquid.  He is ...
  3 weeks ago

• I Guess It’s Been S. A. D.

  
  iPentimento|Genealogy and History — Authority: 422
  It’s the usual spinning plates around here lately. My friend is visiting from Idaho to have some medical and dental appointments taken care of before the end of her husband’s Navy career next year (unless he gets a good offer). Tomorrow we are accompanying her to the Naval Hospital so she can have a colonoscopy. ...
  4 weeks ago

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