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Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran connected online in July 2023 over something unfortunate they had in common: they were both treated for colon cancer in their 30s after doctors misdiagnosed them. Now, they’re working together to prevent others from having the same experience.Before Beran was told in 2020 at age…
As a child, my mother had a habit of pointing out various military planes in the sky and explaining their names and purposes.I heard those same planes zoom overhead on various military bases when I watched her, clad in an Air Force uniform with her short red hair peeking out…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eric Morrow, a prostate cancer survivor, US Air Force veteran, and volunteer advocate for Zero Prostate Cancer, a nonprofit focused on supporting patients and eliminating prostate cancer. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I was diagnosed with prostate cancer on June…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Henry Butler, who is a prostate cancer survivor. He lives in the UK with his wife, where they run a wine shop together. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.When I found out I might have prostate cancer, I…
When the news broke on Sunday that former President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread into his bones, Dr. Arpeet Shah was surprised.Soon, his phone started blowing up with texts from other urologists, who were equally flummoxed as to how this could have happened to…
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, after experiencing urinary symptoms, his private office said on Sunday.Prostate cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer in men in the US, after lung cancer, and affects the gland that sits beneath the…
Colon cancer is rising in people under 50. James Kinross, a gastrointestinal surgeon who researches how the gut microbiome affects our risk of the disease, told Business Insider that poor gut health could be partly to blame.Research suggests the gut microbiome, the trillions of microbes that live in the digestive…
For years, Naiké Vorbe tried to ease her abdominal pain. A dietitian advised her to cut gluten and lactose, but nothing worked.Stomach discomfort wasn’t new for her: throughout most of her adult life, she cycled from being constipated to having diarrhea. “I was constantly one or the other,” Vorbe, 42,…
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that he has ordered food companies to remove eight petroleum-based dyes from their products.Speaking alongside the FDA and food activists, Kennedy said brands will have until 2027 to voluntarily reformulate their food and drinks using natural dyes like carmine, turmeric, and…
