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What Looked Like a Polyp During a 60-Year-Old's Screening Colonoscopy Turned Out to Be a Tomato Seed

A 5 mm growth removed as a polyp during a routine colonoscopy contained no colon tissue at all. It was a tomato seed, pathologists in Hungary report.

Medical Daily · 19h ago

Bengaluru man buys health insurance for parents, pays premiums for three years, mother undergoes treatment but insurer rejects claim, gets relief in consumer court

A Bengaluru man who spent Rs 3.13 lakh on health insurance policies for his parents disputed Star Health's rejection of his mother's medical claim after she underwent endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures. He alleged that the insurer repeatedly sought documents already submitted. The Insurance Ombudsman had identified Rs 27,921 in hospital…

The Economic Times · 20h ago

Two "Do Not Eat" Canisters Turned Up in a Man's Colon During His Routine Colonoscopy

A screening colonoscopy found two desiccant canisters in a 51-year-old man's colon. He may have mistaken them for his last vitamin D capsules.

Medical Daily · Oct 21

A Biopsy-Proven Colon Cancer Was Gone by Surgery, and DNA Testing Ruled Out the Mix-Up Her Doctors Feared Most

A 64-year-old's biopsy-proven colon cancer was gone at surgery. DNA tests ruled out a sample mix-up, pointing to rare spontaneous regression.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

Delaware Urges Adults to Start Colon Cancer Screening at 45 as Rates Keep Climbing in People Under 50

Delaware launched a campaign urging colon cancer screening at age 45 as rates rise in adults under 50: screening options, costs, and warning signs.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

Virginia Man accidentally leaves his phone recording during a colonoscopy. Then he heard the doctor while he was unconscious, sues, and wins $500,000

He played it back while driving home.

We Got This Covered · Sep 10

Why Indians Pay for Full-Body Scans and Skip the Cancer Screening Tests That Actually Work

The Scan That Finds Everything Except What Will Kill YouWalk into any corporate diagnostic centre in Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi and you will find a "Full Body Scan" package priced between ₹8,000 and ₹40,000. It typically includes a whole-body CT or PET-CT, a battery of blood panels, and a chest…

Times Life · Sep 10

6 Preventive Health Screenings Every Indian Over 40 Needs That Doctors Rarely Mention

1. LDLP (LDL Particle) Test, Not Just a Cholesterol NumberMost Indian adults over 40 get a standard lipid panel. It shows total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides. What it misses is the size and count of LDL particles, and that gap matters. A 2019 study published in the Journal of the…

Times Life · Sep 9

FDA Clears a Second Colorectal Cancer Blood Test, and the Trade-Off Is in What It Misses

The FDA approved Freenome's SimpleScreen, the second colorectal cancer blood test. It detects cancer well but finds few precancerous polyps.

Medical Daily · Aug 5

5 Colorectal Cancer Symptoms Indians Mistake for Digestive Problems, and When to Get Screening

Rectal Bleeding Written Off as PilesThis is the single most dangerous dismissal in colorectal cancer diagnosis in India. A patient notices blood in the stool or on toilet paper, assumes haemorrhoids, and waits. Sometimes they are right. Often they are not. Haemorrhoids produce bright-red blood on the surface of stool…

Times Life · Aug 5