There’s never a good time to be sick or go to the hospital. But early July is actually the worst time of all. For one, you’ll miss the opening of the full summer season in northern parts of the [...]
Category: Colonoscopy
Here’s another reason to skip your “routine” colonoscopy
I’ve been warning you for years about the serious dangers associated with endoscopes—the medical devices used to perform procedures, like colonoscopies, that examine the inside of the [...]
REVEALED: The REAL cause of colon cancer (and it’s NOT what you think)
I recently read an insightful analysis on the colon cancer epidemic penned by a trio of Chinese doctors. The doctors reviewed 30 recent studies on the fourth leading cause of cancer in the U.S. [...]
The dangerous, unnecessary procedure putting 14 million Americans at risk each year
You may have seen the recent headlines proclaiming that colonoscopy prevents colorectal cancer deaths. But when you look closer, it’s obvious that behind all of these sensational headlines [...]
Colonoscopies present grave danger to those with Irritable Bowel Disease
I often write about the many dangers of colonoscopy as a screening technique for colon cancer. It’s portrayed as a benign, safe procedure and commonly accepted as a necessary preventative [...]
Lowering screening age for colonoscopy would be a huge mistake
For years, I’ve been warning you about the hidden dangers of colonoscopies — from the exposure to contaminated testing instruments, to the risk of perforations of the colon. Still, some [...]
The safe, simple colonoscopy alternative the FDA won’t let you have
The rest of the world knows a lot more than we do in the U.S. about safer screening and prevention of colon cancer. In fact, in the U.S., the government-industrial-medical complex purposefully [...]
FDA drops important recall in dangerous endoscope fiasco
I have been warning you about the many dangers associated with “routine” colonoscopy screenings for colon cancer. Colonoscopy is an especially poor choice when you compare it to all the safe, [...]
GI endoscopy infections worse than thought
Colonoscopy is an overly expensive, overused, and dangerous colon cancer screening procedure. It’s an especially poor choice when you compare it to all the safe, inexpensive alternatives. [...]
BUSTED: Two more colon cancer myths
The government-industrial-medical complex tells you to get a risky colonoscopy as your “go-to” screening procedure for colon cancer. This can be terribly bad advice, especially since you have so [...]