Cereal Lessens Colon Cancer Risk
...uction in the number ofaberrant crypt cells in the colons of laboratory rats fed a controlled diet ofextrusion-processed wheat bran, according to principal investigators WallaceYokoyama, Ph.D., of the USDA's Western Regional Research Center in Albany,Calif., and Paul Davis, Ph.D., Division of Clinical Nutri...UI researchers learn more about how exercise affects the colon
...s the day before theexercise tests, allowing their colons to return to a normal state. Thus, theparticipants' colons were not cleaned out. Previous studies looked at subjectswhose colons were emptied by enema treatmen...Researchers show beneficial role of bacterial DNA in fighting inflammatory bowel disease
...ultures. The investigators took biopsies from the colons of both Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis human patients, placed the tissue in culture dishes and added ISS-ODN. The team noticed an impressive reduction in the generation of molecules that lead to inflammation in human tissue....Study: Couric's colonoscopy caused cross-country climb in colon cancer checks
...rate at which Americans signed up to get their own colons checked. That's the finding of a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and the University of Iowa. In the July 14 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the team reports that colonoscopy rates nationwide jumped ...Even health-conscious women going without colonoscopy
...eachable moments" to help prompt them to get their colons checked, the researchers suggest. In all, women w...ill far more likely than other women to have their colons examined through colonoscopy or other methods, the U-M team reports. But a large percentage of even ...New CAD system detects colon polyps in colons previously obscured by contrast-enhanced fluid
...CAD) system can help radiologists detect polyps in colons that contain contrast-enhanced fluid, says a new study that appears in the January 2005 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology . "As far as I know, we are the first to publish a CAD algorithm to find polyps submerged in contrast-enhanced col...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
... into an opportunity to encourage men to get their colons checked too, it would take advantage of the public demand for PSA testing," says lead study author Ruth Carlos, M.D., assistant professor of radiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. In the study, which appears in the February Journal ...New colorectal cancer screening recommendations for African Americans
...e evidence why African Americans should have their colons screened for cancer at age 45 instead of age 50, five years earlier than the current recommendations. The article was drafted by the American College of Gastroenterology's Committee on Minority Affairs and Cultural Diversity. The Committee recommend...