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A president's age should concern Americans  -  Mar 16, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,...his remaining left kidney had stones, his electrocardiograms in 1980 and 1981 were abnormal, he had pre-cancerous colonic polyps removed in 1985,

Wisdom of a colonoscopy  -  Mar 18, 2008
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription),A colonoscopy is the most commonly used outpatient procedure to determine if a person has colonic polyps or colorectal cancer.

iCAD, Inc. Awarded Two Additional Patents for Its Computer-Aided ...  -  Dec 10, 2007
CNNMoney.comAdditionally, iCAD is developing CAD solutions for use with virtual colonoscopy to improve the detection of colonic polyps. iCAD's systems are based on

vital images announces third quarter results  -  Oct 30, 2007
CNNMoney.com...(ctc) to optical colonoscopy for the detection of clinically significant colonic polyps. colonic polyps are considered a precursor to colon cancer,

icad to showcase new cad innovations at rsna 2007  -  Nov 14, 2007
CNNMoney.com...icad is developing cad solutions for use with virtual colonoscopy to improve the detection of colonic polyps. by focusing on superior identification

otcpicks.com: otcpicks.com daily market movers digest midday ...  -  Nov 21, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),...and secondlook 300 and secondlook 200 for film-based mammography. the company is also developing a cad product to support detection of colonic polyps in

vitamin d may reduce colorectal cancer mortality  -  Nov 14, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),...other cancers is complicated…randomized clinical trials of the effects of vitamin d on the incidence of colonic polyps and invasive cancer are needed.

Dingle Medical Conference – ‘informative and beneficial’  -  19 Oct 2007
Irish Medical News,...cancer kills around 931 people a year and 96 per cent of colorectal cancers arise from colonic polyps to which there may be a strong family history.

Cornelia M Ulrich  -  Aug 7, 2007
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),Colonic polyps in an unselected population: prevalence, characteristics, and associations. Am J Gastroenterol 1994;89:827–31.[Medline] Ericson U, Sonestedt

President Healthier Than Dollar  -  Aug 8, 2007
Wonkette (satire),Adenomatous colonic polyps (5 tubular adenomas, each < 1.0 cm without advanced features) removed on surveillance colonoscopy 7/07.

Smart Probes Light Up Colon Tumors in Mice  -  Jun 28, 2007
Cancerpage.com,Dr. Umar Mahmood told Reuters Health that "others have shown, using back-to-back colonoscopies in patients, that over 20% of colonic polyps are missed.

National Cancer Institute funds study using Beneo  -  Jul 2, 2007
FoodNavigator-USA,Eighty people (43 with colonic polyps, 37 with colon cancer) were recruited for the double-blind placebo-controlled design for 12 weeks, and randomly

Early detection vital  -  Feb 20, 2007
Malaysia Star,This test does not say whether a person has colorectal cancer as benign conditions like piles, anal tears (fissures) and benign colonic polyps can also

Synbiotics effective at reducing colon cancer markers  -  Feb 8, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,Eighty people (43 with colonic polyps, 37 with colon cancer) were recruited for the double-blind placebo-controlled design for 12 weeks, and randomly

Inherited Colon Cancer. What Is It And How Can You Stop it! Posted ...  -  Jan 20, 2007
Business Portal 24 (press release),Often, people that have cases of colon cancer in their families present colonic polyps that can become cancerous. There are more types of polyps inlcuding

HIV-1 Kills Immune Cells In The Gut That May Never Bounce Back  -  Dec 27, 2006
Science Daily (press release)In the clinic, if the loss of CD4 T cells in the GI tract translates into increased incidence of colonic polyps or colorectal cancer, routine monitoring ...

Adenomatous Polyps of the Colon  -  Dec 13, 2006
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),A 52-year-old man with no personal or family history of colon cancer, colonic polyps, or inflammatory bowel disease underwent a screening colonoscopy that ...

Soy and bone health: effective for women but not men?  -  Dec 1, 2006
FoodNavigator-USA,The study was part of a larger trial looking at the effects of soy isoflavones on the colon health, and only participants with colonic polyps were recruited. ...

Soy and bone health: effective for women but not men?  -  Dec 1, 2006
FoodNavigator-USA,The study was part of a larger trial looking at the effects of soy isoflavones on the colon health, and only participants with colonic polyps were recruited. ...

HIV-1 Kills Immune Cells In The Gut That May Never Bounce Back  -  Dec 6, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),In the clinic, if the loss of CD4 T cells in the GI tract translates into increased incidence of colonic polyps or colorectal cancer, routine monitoring ...

iCAD to Unveil New Product Capabilities at Radiological Society of ...  -  Nov 14, 2006
Earthtimes.orgAdditionally, iCAD is working to develop CAD solutions that would improve CT imaging for the identification of colonic polyps through virtual colonoscopy, with ...

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