Archive for the ‘Colonoscopy’ Category
There has been a lot of talk recently in media about the safety of Propofol. We use it every day at my work to sedate patients for endoscopy procedures. Check out this link to learn more about it.
We all know that getting regular exercise can prevent all sorts of diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Did you know that studies have shown that regular exercise can also help prevent the development of colon cancer? And most recently, research shows that people who exercise regularly after a colon cancer diagnosis not only have a higher chance of survival, they [...]
Audrey Hepburn, one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, died in 1993 at the age of 63 from slow growing appendiceal cancer. In 1992 Audrey began complaining of abdominal pain and had laparoscopic surgery where doctors found cancer in her small intestine that had spread from her appendix (a small area of the large intestine). The year she died she went through [...]
According to a study, deaths from emergent colorectal surgery may increase the risk of death in the elderly. A number of these procedures (30%) are performed to remove advanced colon tumors that most likely could have been found earlier by routine colonoscopy. This makes we wonder why aren’t these tumors being found sooner? Do we need to do a [...]
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