Surgeons at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital have successfully performed a robotic-TAMIS surgery, the first ...

Colon polyps are small growths on the lining of your colon or large intestine, part of your digestive tract. Most aren’t harmful. But some can turn into colon cancer over time. For that reason ...

Polyps are usually abnormal, ... Black Americans also have a higher rate of and a 35 percent greater chance of dying from colorectal cancer than white Americans according to a 2018 article ...

The risk of a polyp becoming cancerous increases with size. Polyps that are 10 millimeters (mm) or larger are considered to ...

Symptoms of colon polyps. Dr. May emphasizes that most people experience no symptoms of polyps, especially at the early stages—but adds that as they grow larger, they may cause some symptoms.

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That’s because during the procedure, precancerous polyps can be removed if discovered, or cancer can be diagnosed if found. However, most colonoscopy screenings don’t result in a cancer finding.

Polyps and fibroids may sometimes have similar symptoms, ... (ACOG), fibroids may also develop at a younger age and cause more severe symptoms in Black women compared with white women.

India Arie performed at Afropunk Black HERstory Live less than two weeks after undergoing polyps surgery this past Saturday evening. “Ten days ago, I had surgery, and I’m just too honest, Arie ...

Asthma is a risk factor for nasal polyps, and Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by asthma. In 2019, Black Americans were 30 percent more likely to have asthma than white Americans.

Specifically, compared with those without any family history of polyps, participants with one first-degree relative with one polyp diagnosis had a 1.35-fold (95% CI, 1.32-1.38) higher risk for CRC ...

Cold endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) showed a superior safety profile over traditional hot EMR for large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps measuring ≥ 20 mm, with significantly lower risks of ...