When my father was diagnosed with colon cancer my doctor told me that this is one cancer that is preventable with the proper screening - "colonoscopy".
Let's hear it for COLONOSCOPY!!! - not a pleasant prep, not a pleasant discussion - but definitely a pleasant outcome when we can get those polyps before they get us!
Now this study (with the links below via Dr. Breus' blog ) connects sleep and cancer. There are so many things we can't change and there are as many that we do have control over. You may accept the lack of sleep and deal with the consequences - but you best not when the consequences can be so severe.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.25507/abstract
"In multivariate regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, race, smoking, family history of colorectal cancer, and waist-to-hip ratio, individuals averaging less than 6 hours per night had an almost 50% increase in risk of colorectal adenomas (OR = 1.47; CI = 1.05-2.06, P for trend = .02) as compared with individuals sleeping at least 7 hours per night."
http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/guide/colorectal-polyps-cancer
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book."
~Irish Proverb
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