Are those steaks and hot dogs bad for you?
Several studies have found a connection between eating red and processed meat and colorectal cancer. But the reason for that connection hasn’t been clear.
To answer the question, researchers collected detailed information about the type of meat eaten by a large group of over 300,000 men and women and how the meat was cooked. Read the rest of this entry »
Put on those sneakers and take a walk!
Today is National Start Walking Day. Not only can regular walking reduce risk for heart disease, it can be part of an exercise program to prevent colorectal cancer and support survivorship.
Thirty minutes of walking at a moderate pace has been shown to reduce risk of getting colorectal cancer. Plus exercise after surgery for stage III colon cancer reduced the chances of its coming back. Read the rest of this entry »
This morning, the President signed into law the biggest transformation of our health care system in decades. The law includes a number of provisions that will help individuals diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer.
Although many of the provisions of the new law are phased in to take effect gradually until the entire law is implemented in 2018, some benefits will be available immediately.
Highlights of the provisions that will benefit individuals people facing cancer treatment include: prohibiting insurance companies from dropping patients who become sick; eliminating lifetime and annual limits on coverage; prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions; and limits on on out-of-pocket expenses.
You can review a chart developed by C3 with key issues affecting colorectal cancer prevention and treatment that are part of the health care reform legislation.
While historic, enactment of this new law is just one step in an ongoing process. Even after all the provisions in the new law take effect in 2018, many Americans may be newly insured but will still fail to receive the right treatment at the right time. The Colorectal Cancer Coalition continues to support research to help develop new treatments and to support efforts to increase awareness about the importance of early detection and screening. Read the rest of this entry »
Put some extra omega 3 fatty acids in your diet today and celebrate March 3 as Omega- 3 Awareness Day.
Foods rich in omega-3 fats, especially those in fish and seafood, may reduce your risk of getting colon cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
While colonoscopy is effective in preventing cancers and advanced polyps in the lower part of the colon and rectum, it is less successful in stopping them in the right side or upper colon.
Looking back at almost 3,300 colonoscopies performed in community gastroenterology practices in Germany, researchers found a substantial reduction in large polyps or cancers in the left side of the colon and rectum among patients who had had a colonoscopy in the past ten years compared to those who hadn’t had one.
However, in the upper part of the colon, risk for an advanced polyp or cancer was the same whether or not the patient had a previous colonoscopy.
Overall, colonoscopy reduced the risk of a cancer or an advanced adenoma by 50 percent.
