by Larissa Biggers, on March 01, 2023
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of death from cancers that affect both men and women, but if everyone 50 and older got regular screenings, six out of …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on June 27, 2019
This week, the Colon Cancer Coalition hosted a Twitter chat on an important topic—colorectal cancer. What is a Twitter chat, you may ask (I did too). It's actually a simple …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on March 27, 2019
What Is Endoscopy? For those not immersed in the world of gastroenterology (GI), endoscopy refers to nonsurgical procedures that allow a physician to examine the digestive tract. In these procedures, …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on March 22, 2019
During March, aka Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, you have probably learned a lot about colorectal cancer (CRC) including screening options for the disease, proposed legislation to remove barriers to CRC …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on March 15, 2019
In case you have not heard, March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Despite some bleak facts (e.g., CRC is the number two cause of cancer deaths in the US, the …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on February 22, 2019
According to the American College of Gastroenterologists (ACG), adenoma detection rate (ADR) is “the measurement that best reflects how carefully colonoscopy is performed.“ Defined as the percentage of patients age …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on February 15, 2019
by Larissa Biggers, on February 08, 2019
The human gut microbiome comprises all of the bacteria in in the human intestine, which amounts to over 100 billion bacteria. This outnumbers the cells in our bodies 10 to …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on January 24, 2019
There is no doubt that the partial government shutdown, the longest in US history, is having a detrimental effect on the 800,000 Federal government employees and their families. In response …
Read Storyby Larissa Biggers, on January 18, 2019
