Archive for the ‘Colon Cancer’ Category

 

sacredhands on May 1st, 2007Colorectal Cancer Survivor Tokes Her Way to Freedom

Hearing the word cancer is never easy. For some, it might mean pouring yourself a stiff drink. For others, it means a trip to the corner for a couple of dime bags. That’s pot talk for you novices. No word on whether this great grandmother is related to Snoop Dogg.
Weed-smoking Bronx cancer survivor goes [...]

sacredhands on Mar 20th, 2007Metamucil Beautify Your Inside (Bowelific!)

My aunt had irritable bowel syndrome. Whether her bowel was irritable to match her mood that day or was the result of something more sinister like gas build-up I’ll never know. What matters ultimately is the rate of flow. Sewage that lingers in the bowels can’t be good for the overall health of the body. [...]

sacredhands on Dec 14th, 2006Slow Down Gastroenterologists Polyps Demand It

When you’re looking for a needle in the haystack, you can expect it’s going to take some time. The same is apparently true for finding polyps in the colon that can lead to colorectal cancer.
A new study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine found some gastroenterologists were 10 times better than [...]

sacredhands on Oct 4th, 2006Farrah Fawcett Battling Colon Cancer

National Enquirer is reporting that Farrah Fawcett has what sounds like colon cancer. We wish her well. I mean, she used to hang on my bedroom wall for christ’s sake.
TV legend Farrah Fawcett is battling cancer, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. Doctors discovered a malignant tumor in her lower intestine and blasted it with radiation [...]

sacredhands on Mar 10th, 2006Colonoscopy for Beginners - Colon Cancer Awareness Month

A funny public service announcement advising those over 45 to get a colonscopy.
According the Colon Cancer Alliance:

Every 4 minutes, a person in the U.S. is diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer.
Every 9 minutes, someone dies of the disease.
Colorectal cancer is highly preventable and treatable. Yet it is the nation’s second leading cancer killer. The [...]

sacredhands on Feb 15th, 2006Pharmaceutical Patents: Royalties on Your Existence for Life

Patents were designed to protect an invention for a limited time in exchange for divulging the know-how that makes it work. That’s a good thing, the reasoning goes, because it inspires people to risk their time and money in pursuit of the novel and the monetary rewards that go with it. But what if people’s [...]