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Anchor lead:  Should you have a sigmoidoscopy rather than a colonoscopy? Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s no question that examination of the large intestine, either using colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, reduces both the incidence of and death relative to colon cancer.  Now …

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Anchor lead: Sigmoidoscopy definitely helps reduce colorectal cancer deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports Flexible sigmoidscopy, where a much smaller and more accessible part of the large intestine is examined compared to colonoscopy, has a very positive impact on reducing both colorectal …

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This week’s topics include salt and hypertension, Chikungunya in the US, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colorectal cancer, and BMI and cancer. Program notes: 0:35 Exhaustive studies on salt and high blood pressure 1:35 Salt intake, cardiovascular disease and mortality 2:35 Natural …

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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during  July. Program notes: 0:15 Head and neck cancer and smokeless tobacco 1:15 Fulminant cancer? 2:16 People who disclose impact everyone 2:38 National experiment in lung cancer 3:40 Five …

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Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Director William Nelson discusses top cancer news during August, 2014. Program notes: 0:14 Annual pelvic exams not needed 1:15 Ovarian cancer detection 2:00 Tomosynthesis and digital mammography 3:05 450,000 study subjects 4:03 More invasive cancers detected …

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