In the News – Prevent Colon Cancer with Sigmoidoscopy

Snippet from the non-hair loss related article:

New results from the United Kingdom show that a single examination with flexible sigmoidoscopy in healthy individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 years, and removal of any polyps that are found, reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer by one third and deaths from the disease by 43% over a median follow-up of 11 years.

Read the full text at Medscape — Single Sigmoidoscopy Could Prevent One Third of Colorectal Cancers

And if that link requires you to login, try this article at ABC News.

I am passing this on to our readers because colon cancer is a killer disease and is so simple to catch it early. This new research suggests “that flexible sigmoidoscopy will save 1 life for every 400 people who undergo this test”. Considering that this site gets literally millions of visits per year, if just one person is helped in any way by reading this, I will consider this message a great life saver!

Here in the US, colonoscopy is the “popular” choice for checking colon health, but flexible sigmoidoscopy is safer and easier. But as the article points out, more research needs to be done. I realize the younger segment of our readers might not find this information all that beneficial to them yet, but just you wait…