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The Colorectal Cancer Symptoms You Need to Know, Even If You’re Young

When actor Chadwick Boseman died at the shockingly young age of 43 from colorectal cancer, people across the world started googling and wondering: "What IS colorectal cancer?"  "What are the signs?"  "Am I at risk?" Colon and rectal cancer rates have declined in older adults in recent years, but researchers have uncovered an alarming trend: Diagnoses in Millennials and Generation X are actually on the rise, according to a 2017 […]

todaySeptember 25, 2020

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and there are some important, and yet simple things you can do to raise awareness and take action toward prevention. First, the bad news.  Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of death from cancers that affect both men and women.  It affects people in all racial and ethnic groups and is most common […]

todayMarch 11, 2019

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Alcohol May Boost Your Cancer Risk

Did you have fun imbibing more than usual over the holiday season? Well, here’s your new year’s wake up call. In a recent report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, apparently there’s new evidence that alcohol consumption, even moderate amounts, can increase the occurrence of certain cancers.   Just having one little drink a day slightly raises a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. And moderate drinking, which is […]

todayJanuary 4, 2019

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