New technology could both (1) improve a now-awkward medical procedure and (2) inspire a more focused re-make of a beloved science fiction movie. The Boston Globe reports: To see inside the digestive system, doctors have to thread a scope up or down – potentially doing damage along the way – or get their patients to […]
Tag: Colon
Colon: Full of Mozart
Today many different press reports say, one way or another: “A U.S. study found physicians who listen to Mozart while doing colonoscopies increase their detection rates of precancerous polyps, researchers say.” That particular quote is from UPI, whose story carries the headline “Mozart may improve doctors’ colon results“. That UPI story can, equally well, support the […]
Kameron Gross performs a colonic
In this short video, Kameron Gross demonstrates how she cleans someone’s colon:
Coco the Colossal Colon
“Coco,” as the Colossal Colon is affectionately known, is a 40-foot long, 4-foot tall oversized model of the human colon that is designed to educate about colorectal cancer and other diseases of the colon. Visitors who crawl through the Colossal Colon will see Crohn’s disease, diverticulosis, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, cancerous and non-cancerous polyps, and various […]