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...ever had a colonoscopy--that much dreaded procedure in which a physician inserts a lighted tube into your rectum and snakes it up your large intestine, looking for abnormal growths that could lead to colon cancer--it's easy to see the appeal of the so-called virtual colonoscopy. The procedure is far less invasive: a small device blows air into the rectum to inflate the bowel while a C.T. scanner takes X rays. Unfortunately, the results from early virtual colonoscopies did not measure up. In some studies, they missed half the polyps that needed to be caught...
...special staining potion that patients drink in advance) may be as good as or better than a traditional colonoscopy. If these results are replicated--and if Medicare and other insurers will cover the $400 to $2,000 cost of the screening test--it could dramatically change the way colon cancer is detected, encourage more screenings and probably save lives. Currently, only about half the folks who should be screened actually undergo any of the available tests for colon cancer...
...your bowel before any colonoscopy. And if the doctor finds a polyp that must be removed, you still have to undergo a conventional colonoscopy--right away, ideally, so you won't have to prep twice. That's why virtual colonoscopies probably work best for those at lowest risk of colon cancer--with no symptoms and no family history of the disease, says Dr. Perry Pickhardt, the radiologist who led the study while at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda...
...Yankees want to re-sign Pettitte more than ever now and most experts are saying they will. Even with Pettitte, New York will probably go after Bartolo Colon or Kevin Brown, filling out the rotation nicely with Mike Mussina and Jose Contreras. Newsday reported that the Yankees and Dodgers are talking about a deal involving Jeff Weaver and Brown...
Couric launched an extensive media campaign to increase public awareness about the signs and symptoms of colon cancer, as well as the colonoscopy screening process. She went so far as to personally undergo a colonoscopy exam on national television in an attempt to “demystify” the process and encourage viewers to get screened...