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“I think the number one contributing factor is they’re ashamed of seeking advice for changing bowel habits or for any type of symptoms,” says Roberto Rodriguez-Ruesga, MD, a colorectal surgeon in Dallas (pictured above).  “They just put up with symptoms until it gets to a point that is unbearable. Unfortunately, by then, it’s too late. […]

Doug E. Fresh took to Instagram to share his recent colonoscopy experience in honor of the late Kangol Kid. The rapper shared all he could from the medical procedure with a message to viewers on the importance of preventative care. “This is for my brother #kangolkid and all those who passed from this horrible disease,” he

“People say what you don’t know won’t kill you. What you don’t know will kill you. That’s the problem when it comes to your health,” says Orlena. “I went almost two years having issues and symptoms that literally could have killed me. A colonoscopy saved my life.” Her colonoscopy found a huge tumor that hadn’t

Actor Will Smith, 50, recorded the story of his first colonoscopy in 2019 with the assistance of Ala Stanford, MD. Doctors removed one precancerous polyp from his large intestine. “You had a polyp there,” Stanford tells Smith. “Had you not known, it continues to grow and grow. And in African American men in particular, the