new bowel cancer screening urged (UK)
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
April 28, 2010 12:15pm CST
In the news today, a new screening test is being urged for bowel cancer in the UK. As I understand it, research suggests that this is simple and very effective for detection and removal of pre-cancerous growths, detecting cancer sooner, preventing it reaching the lower bowel and consequently reducing fatalities.
There will of course be questions about the cost but, these should be offset to some extent by the costs involved in treating it in its advanced stages.
Would you support the introduction of this screening and would you participate if eligible. If I was offered it as a routine screen, I would accept as I have done with current cancer screening.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8647103.stm
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@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
29 Apr 10
uck! That pic made me almost lose my "Special K" breakfast. OoF! O boy, I got a weak tum tum....
@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
30 Apr 10
ROFL! Well I saw a really bloody scene of Iraq peaceful protestors get shot in the head by their own cops on youtube yesterday. It shows everything. The comments mention that the US is not covering this news at all. I haven't heard about it at all except on you tube. As a Jew, I can say I'm sure Iraq won't do me any favors, but I think it's alarming they are killing their own people.
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
29 Apr 10
ya know, I had a colonoscopy a number of years ago, and I was not completely sedated, and, in fact - due to the problems I had after my surgery in 1998 - was actually talking, and watching the "action" on the monitor - I remember asking the nurse to move because I couldn't see.
I wasn't feeling any pain, I was, in fact, able to come home and do stuff afterward - unlike a friend who has had several colonoscopies and is always knocked out even tho they promised it was only "twilight sedation."
