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Colonoscopy Defined

Test to look into the rectum and colon. The doctor uses a long, flexible, narrow tube with a light and tiny lens on the end. The tube is called a colonoscope.

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Transparency in Milwaukee health prices a long time coming

Published July 19, 2008, 4:04 pm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It appears I overpaid for my recent colonoscopy. Way overpaid. How do I know that, when most consumers of health...

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Moore: Health care to grow in importance

Published July 19, 2008, 7:52 am, Midland Daily News

    Former MidMichigan Health President Terry Moore thinks health care will only grow in importance in the coming years.

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Ask Dr. Gott: Bloody stool has many possible causes

Published July 19, 2008, 2:03 am, The Monterey County Herald

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 78-year-old woman in good health. Recent laboratory blood tests were normal. However, during a routine fecal occult test, blood was found in all three slides. I followed the instructions carefully, so there was no possibility of contamination.

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What causes me to have bloody stool?

Published July 19, 2008, 12:12 am, Erie Times-News

Q I am a 78-year-old woman in good health. Recent laboratory blood tests were normal.

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Return to work puts smile on Sutcliffe

Published July 19, 2008, 12:11 am, The Examiner

The bounce in his step isn’t quite what it used to be, but his smile assures everyone that Rick Sutcliffe is doing fine. Sutcliffe, the Van Horn High School graduate and former Cy Young Award winner, was back in the ESPN broadcast booth at Yankee Stadium this past week. And he loved every minute of it.

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"Tired Blood" Warning: Ignore It at Your Peril

Published July 18, 2008, 4:08 pm, New York Times

Thanks to advertisements for the once-popular tonic Geritol, most people of a certain age know about “tired blood,” a disorder more accurately called anemia , involving a shortage of healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to body tissues and cleanse them of carbon dioxide.

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Attitude key in surviving

Published July 18, 2008, 9:03 am, Wahpeton News

Breckenridge Fire Chief Paul "Whitey" Sorum has spent most of his life helping others, but now friends and family are coming to his aid. In January, Sorum was diagnosed with colon cancer. A benefit is being held at Wahpeton Eagles Club Thursday, July 31.

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Catch colorectal cancer before it starts

Published July 18, 2008, 12:11 am, Erie Times-News

Colorectal cancer --the cancer nobody talked about, even with their doctors, just 10 years ago -- has fast become one of the most recognized forms of cancer.

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Full Catastrophe Living: The Cancer Chronicles

Published July 17, 2008, 2:38 pm, Metro Santa Cruz

On the first night after I had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, in June of 2005--after the gripping fear and rushes of adrenaline and the inadequate explanations and overwhelming uncertainties--I finally settled my shattered psyche sufficiently to drift into an uneasy sleep.

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Riding with the Red Sox

Published July 17, 2008, 1:07 pm, Duxbury Reporter

Faces of cancer survivors have no distinct features.

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