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Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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My layman's thoughts are it has something to do with young people spending way too much time on the toilet sitting doomscrolling on their phones. (also yes to microplastics and endocrine disruptiors)

Also, hope that bidets may help with it in some way? Bidets supposedly reduce hemorrhoids.

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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post #2

Wow, I had no idea there is a 15X increase for endurance athletes. Make me want to dial down the running a bit, which make you wonder where the sweet spot is for distance training.

It's not simply endurance athletes though. It was 2x ultra-marathons >26 miles, or at least 5 marathons completed.

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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post #5

Something I've never seen in these analyses is drinking. Millennials are heavy drinkers. Both craft brews and cocktails were defining generational traits. Not everyone is a drinker but it appears they are heavy drinkers compared to other generations. The theory behind the ultra marathoners is that extreme distance running disrupts the epithelial layer and microbiome in the gut. Wouldn't drinking have similar effects?

> Millennials are heavy drinkers.

That's news to millenials and the graveyard of craft breweries. I thought alcohol consumption is trending off for younger generations.

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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Very effective way of conveying information. I think a major factor is the increase in microplastics in our diets. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S18777...

i disagree. content is great. hitting back button messes stuff up for me. a long form article is preferred for me but maybe this is better for people used to swiping.

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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I’m in my early 30s and am starting to think about getting a screening. Problem is, it’s not trivial to do. You have to really upsell your doctor to get one so early, even though it’s a relatively benign procedure.

There is a noninvasive testing method called Shield but it is way too flawed to be reliable (with poor positive rates for malignant tumors)

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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Strange, because I've heard the exact opposite... https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/colorectal-cancer-keeps-risin...

That is EXACTLY what the post is saying:

> But that progress belongs almost entirely to people 50 and over. For people under 50, both incidence and mortality have been climbing. CRC is now the #1 cancer killer in men under 50.

You need to go to the 2nd screen "Split by age group"

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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post #5

Something I've never seen in these analyses is drinking. Millennials are heavy drinkers. Both craft brews and cocktails were defining generational traits. Not everyone is a drinker but it appears they are heavy drinkers compared to other generations. The theory behind the ultra marathoners is that extreme distance running disrupts the epithelial layer and microbiome in the gut. Wouldn't drinking have similar effects?

> Millennials are heavy drinkers. That's news to millenials and the graveyard of craft breweries. I thought alcohol consumption is trending off for younger generations.

Millennials are not the younger generation anymore. That refers to Gen Z and alpha.

Re: Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging

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post #2

Wow, I had no idea there is a 15X increase for endurance athletes. Make me want to dial down the running a bit, which make you wonder where the sweet spot is for distance training.

It's rare but can happen where long distance running causes ischemic colitis which is where on a long run enough blood is diverted from the large intestine that it damages the intestine long term. It isn't surprising to me that there's higher likelihood of colon cancer given this. It seems like repeated bouts of lower blood for the intestine on long runs has a cumulative impact and damages the colon even if it doesn't cause ischemic colitis.
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