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Four Ways to Help Reduce Your Risk of Colorectal Cancer
I’ve been driving my dad to get colonoscopies for years. Every time it’s the same procedure: nearly a week of eating a specific diet, then drinking a couple of liters of a solution to clean him out. Of course, there’s the stress of knowing what’s coming once he gets to the doctor’s.
Now, while this may be a bit of a taboo subject, colonoscopies are very important and necessary for detecting colorectal cancers. Colorectal cancers grow in polyps inside your rectum and intestinal tract and are very difficult to detect without getting a colonoscopy. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that 60% of colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people received regular checkups, which should be scheduled about every three to 10 years depending on your family history.
Read More – http://www.doctorshealthpress.com/cancer/four-ways-help-you-cut-risk-of-colon-cancer
