cancer
Cancer screening can feel like a rite of passage as we get older: skin cancer checks in your late 30s, a mammogram at age 40, a colonoscopy at age 45. Loading audio narration… However, as young cancer cases have skyrocketed, the previous screening guidelines are becoming increasingly too late for…
Josh Vintner-Jackson first felt some discomfort in his lower left hip in March 2020. Loading audio narration… At the time, Vintner-Jackson, who is from the UK, was 29 and worked at a startup in Austin. He balanced his time between work, hanging out with friends, and his active hobbies. He…
At 45, Shambi Broome didn’t believe she had colon cancer symptoms. She assumed her occasional abdominal cramps could be explained by her past two C-sections and hysterectomy. Loading audio narration… “If I had any discomfort, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s probably scar tissue,'” Broome, now 49, told Business Insider. “If…
The patient was 22 years old and a recent college graduate, suffering from inexplicable stomach pain. Loading audio narration… She’d had the pain off and on for about a year and assumed it was stress-related. She finished her studies and spent a busy summer working at an animal shelter, preparing…
In the 1990s, colon cancer was considered a problem for older adults. Loading audio narration… That’s why it was a complete shock for Katie Couric when her husband, Jay Monahan, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 1997. He died nine months later after his 42nd birthday.Today, colon cancer…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with New Jersey-based Pratik Desai, 34, who vibe coded a tool — which he later refined with advanced coding tools — to help his mother navigate Stage 4 duodenal adenocarcinoma, an advanced cancer affecting the small intestine. His words have been edited…
Exhaustion. Fever. Unexplained aches and pains. Bloating. Loading audio narration… As colorectal cancer and breast cancer are on the rise in people under 40, if you’re experiencing symptoms, you shouldn’t put off that doctor’s appointment, even if you think you’re young and healthy.Subtle, persistent symptoms can be early warnings of…
