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Shortly after that the CDC called a halt to all inoculations with RotaShield, a new vaccine made available last year. It was designed to protect infants from potentially fatal rotavirus infections, which cause severe diarrhea and dehydration. The agency's action followed word that 23 infants suffered a collapsed bowel after getting the vaccine...
Some grains, like oats, barley and rye, are rich in soluble fiber, which slows down digestion and helps lower cholesterol. Others, like wheat, are full of insoluble fiber, which helps keep bowel movements regular. (Another benefit of eating whole grains: fewer hemorrhoids as your stools become easier to pass.) You need both types of fiber for a balanced diet...
According to the new guidelines, the most effective follow-up procedures are colonoscopy (in which a physician uses a flexible tube to look at the inside of your bowel) and regular visits with a physician (who can coordinate your postsurgical treatment, answer questions and investigate new symptoms). Benson and his colleagues concluded that patients should undergo a colonoscopy three years after the one that was done at the time of surgery, provided that all cancers and polyps were removed. Why not sooner? Repeat colonoscopies are most useful for finding a new tumor unrelated to the old one. Most recurring colon...
...first place? It all started 30 years ago, when a British medical missionary named Denis Burkitt suggested that the reason colon cancer is rare in Africa is that Africans consume much more fiber than North Americans and Europeans. Perhaps, later researchers argued, the extra fiber sweeps the bowel clean of potential carcinogens or somehow alters the intestinal chemistry to retard tumor growth. A few small studies supported the link, while others didn...
...study out last week says calcium supplements (1,200 mg daily) may reduce the odds of developing new polyps. The polyps, called adenomas, may be a precursor to colon cancer. How does calcium work? Researchers theorize that it binds with compounds that would otherwise irritate the lining of the bowel...