inside the show
for stations and contributors
The Health Show
Promote Your Page Too
site tools
text size:
larger |
normal
search for stories
get audio help
RSS feeds: xml | rdf
weekly audio feed: podcast
tell me more about this
show first aired March 25, 2010
download an mp3 of this show
1147
I was going to start out with some statistics and maybe some percentages...but let’s put it simply: Colon cancer is a killer. We’ve know for a while that if you are obese...you have a greater chance of developing the disease. But now there’s more news about obesity and colon cancer. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll hear about a new report. We’ll also answer some basic and not so basic question about colon cancer, how you can get screened for the disease and how you can protect yourself. And we’ll hear about an aging segment of the population that is constitutionally guaranteed health care, much to their dismay.
listen to this story in RealAudio 25:00
COLON CANCER AND OBESITY
Studies have shown that obesity is a risk factor for colon cancer...but it doesn’t stop there. A new study from the Mayo Clinic shows that once a patient is diagnosed with colon cancer, the disease is more aggressive in obese patients. Dr. Frank Sinicrope, a professor of medicine and oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is one of the authors of the study.
Colon Cancer and You - Part 1
The death rate for people with colon cancer has declined over the past 15 years. This has nothing to do with the disease and everything to do with early detection and awareness. So let’ see...who can we talk to who knows anything about colon cancer and can teach us some stuff? I know, my practicing gastroenterologist partner in crime Dr. Nina Sax.
Colon Cancer and You - Part 2
Bob and Dr. Nina continue their discussion of Colon Cancer.
Commentary - Health Care For Aging Prisoners
There are very few members of American society that are constitutionally guaranteed free health care. Prison inmates qualify. And as commentator Lynn Pasquerella notes, this is an aging population with greater, more expensive health problems. Lynn Pasquerella is a scholar and advocate for women's education and empowerment who writes frequently on ethical issues in medicine, public policy, and law. She is provost at the University of Hartford and will become president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, this July.
listen
this week: Real · MP3
last week: RealAudio
You can listen to recent shows by clicking on the links above. Audio from the stories in the middle column is available by clicking on the links accompanied by audio icons.
Need more help? Check out our complete listening info.
tapes and cd's
You can order a CD of this Health Show or any other by calling 800-323-9262. Just tell the attendant which show number you'd like to order. Don't know the show number? You can track it down in our archive.
current show
1170
HEALTH REFORM - WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW?
Military Medical Students
Lynn Pasquerella - AIDS In Africa
check it out