262: Are Colonoscopies Helping Us?

Cologuard at home test link: https://www.cologuard.com/insurance To learn more about preparing your brain for anesthesia, read the Amen Clinics Blog on Anesthesia and POCD or the Amen Clinics Blog on Surgery Risks. Are Colonoscopies Helping Us? How to Make Colon Cancer a Problem You Don’t Have to Have www.healthcouragecollective.com Are colonoscopies actually helping (women and society)? Colorectal cancer (the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.) is one of the most preventable because it usually develops predictably over about 10 years and colonoscopy can both find and remove polyps in the same visit. She contrasts this with mammograms (episode 258) and explains why colonoscopy payoff is high but not perfect: prep quality and provider skill strongly affect what gets missed, with an adenoma miss rate around 24%. She reviews updated screening guidance to start at 45 (earlier with risk factors), discusses alternative tests like Cologuard and SHIELD, and weighs real risks—prep complications, perforation, bleeding, and sedation—against the dramatic survival difference between localized and metastatic disease. 00:00 You Can Prevent This Cancer 00:49 Podcast Welcome And Breathing 01:37 Mammograms To Colonoscopies 04:19 Why Colon Cancer Is Predictable 06:42 Colonoscopy Removes Polyps 07:55 Rising Rates And When To Screen 09:35 Prep Quality And Doctor Metrics 12:23 Miss Rates And Screening Gaps 15:58 Risks And Sedation Concerns 20:26 Risks Of Skipping Screening 23:31 Other Tests And Costs 25:38 Wrap Up And Final Thoughts Are you ready to give your cells their best chance to not have to stop living before they die by allowing them access to physiologic levels of hormones, but aren't sure how to even get started? Join the waitlist for my new beta program here and help me figure out how best to help wonderful women like you get the hormone care they deserve! Join the Waitlist Here Come visit me: www.healthcouragecollective.com email me: [email protected]