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Dear Dr. Donohue: What is your opinion of the recently developed stool DNA test for colon cancer? It's not an invasive test, and there's no need to purge your colon before the sample is collected. -- A.W. Dr. Donohue: Colon cancer cells shed their DNA into feces. So do normal cells. The currently available test cannot detect all the genetic changes that occur when cancer strikes, so the results are not 100 percent accurate. In the first week of February, a refined DNA test was described that is quite a bit more sensitive for picking up cancer changes. This test will be a great value in the detection of colon cancer. Time will tell how valuable it will be. I don't think it will supplant colonoscopy entirely. But it may be of value in determining when a colonoscopy is needed. Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 64-year-old woman who hopped over a puddle of water to avoid it and heard a popping sound in my knee. It has not been very painful to walk, but the knee has been tender, sore and stiff. It does hurt a bit when I bend it. My knee area is enlarged. It's been four weeks since I hurt it. There has been no improvement. I haven't gone to a doctor because our health insurance has a high deductible. Can I treat this on my own without risking permanent damage? How long can I safely take Advil every day? -- B.S. Dr. Donohue: From this distance, I can't give you a diagnosis. You need an evaluation by the family doctor or an orthopedic surgeon. Either doctor can tell you if it's safe for you to delay treatment. That initial visit will not be so expensive. The directions on the Advil bottle tell users not to take it longer than 10 days unless a doctor has advised otherwise. Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Readers may also order health newsletters from www.rbmamall .com.

Dr. George Triadafilopoulos, Gastroenterologist, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University talks about a new procedure for colonoscopy called Third Eye, which can look forwards and backwards to find polyps Dr.

In a couple weeks it will be Colon Cancer Awareness month, so it seems like a good time for me to try to save your life.

Diane Aulger was about two weeks from her delivery date when she and her husband decided there was no time to wait: Mark Aulger had only days to live, and he wanted to see his child.

The birth of a Texas baby has been bittersweet. Her mother, 31-year-old Diane Aulger, had her labor induced in January so her husband could see their child before he died.

More than half of lung and colon cancer patients may benefit from high-speed tests that detect DNA flaws doctors can target with existing medicines, a study found.

An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer , the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

The unexpected -- A it's hard to plan for, and sometimes, hard to deal with. Yet, Jarrett and Misty Smolarkiewicz have persevered through the unexpected in the past month.

Living a healthy lifestyle is one of the best methods to avoid colon cancer, according to doctors who participated in Saturday's health hotline.

A yoga community is coming together to show support for a member of their studio who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

UBM Medica's ONCOLOGY and CancerNetwork today announced that the April issue will feature insights by physicians from the clinical genetics service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in which they explain the role of genetic testing in gastrointestinal cancers .

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne in this 2009 Star-Ledger file photo. Payne announced tonight that he is being treated for colon cancer, though doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

Genomic Health 's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks Investment Research in a research note issued on Friday.

The Central Illinois Endoscopy Center has once again received high marks for patient satisfaction.

One hears bandied about the concept of "personalized medicine" or "targeted therapies" in the treatment of cancer.

Less than an hour. That's how long Mark Aulger got to see his daughter, Savannah, before he died.

In order to provide people with cancer and their caregivers state-of-the-art treatment information in patient-friendly language, the National Comprehensive Cancer NetworkA has developed two new publications: a new release of the NCCN Guidelines for Patientsa : Colon Cancer and an update to the NCCN Guidelines for Patientsa : Prostate Cancer .

There are many ways to treat urinary incontinence. You can train your bladder with exercises and biofeedback.