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Bowel Cancer Symptoms – Signs and Symptoms

8th May 2014

The symptoms of bowel (colorectal) cancer can be: Bleeding from your bottom and/or blood in your poo A change in bowel habit lasting for 3 weeks or more especially to looser or runny poo Unexplained weight loss Extreme tiredness for no obvious reason A pain or lump in your tummy You might experience one, some, all of the above or no symptoms at all. Remember most symptoms will not be bowel cancer. If you are worried about any symptoms that you think might be caused by bowel cancer, make an appointment with your doctor or call the Bowel Cancer UK Information and Support Service on 0800 8 40 35 40 or email support(at)bowelcanceruk.org.uk Just remember you’ll not be wasting anyone’s time by getting checked out. If it isn’t serious, you’ll [More…]

Wine And Aspirin May Fight Abnormal Cancer-Causing Cells

14th January 2014

A red wine ingredient and aspirin may deliver a double knock-out blow to abnormal cells that can lead to cancer, research suggests. Both help to destroy “tetraploid” cells that contain multiple copies of chromosomes, the packages of DNA and protein in which the genetic code is written. Tetraploid cells cause genetic instability and have been linked to the development of cancer. In tests, laboratory mice genetically engineered to have bowel cancer accumulated fewer of the rogue cells in their guts when fed the wine compound and painkiller. Exposure to the two agents also reduced the survival of tetraploid cells in human bowel cancer tumour cultures. The wine extract, resveratrol, is derived from red grapes and said to have antioxidant and anti-cancer properties. Aspirin, though primarily [More…]