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Interesting tidbits of information, notes on progress of initiatives, and just useful facts related to reducing the burden of cancer in Calhoun County, in the state of Michigan, and nationally.
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Colon Cancer Quiz • Obesity and Cancer
Smokefree News • Colonoscopy
Colon Cancer Quiz
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Certain Cancers Linked to Obesity
About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight. The analysis, released November 5 by the American Institute for Cancer Research, is based on updated cancer data and a report released earlier this year by a panel of experts. Read the article that appeared in USA Today.
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Smokefree News
We Did It!
Michigan is now the 38th state to go smokefree!
Smokefree Pennsylvania – One Year Later
- Pennsylvania is celebrating its first year of breathing clean, healthy, smokefree air. Download this article about the anniversary.
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First Study to Link Secondhand Smoke to Liver Disease
- In a first of its kind study, University of California scientists recently found that secondhand smoke can cause a form of liver disease.
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The Importance of a Colonoscopy
Informational Videos and Brochure
A colonoscopy is important. To help you learn more about this important procedure, the 5C suggests that you watch these two informative videos:
- Video one was produced by the Cancer Control Coalition of Southwest Michigan and their partners
- Video two was produced by the 5C
The 5C has also prepared this informative brochure.
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Radio Spot
Listen to the 5C radio spot about colorectal awareness. 
It's the Prep People Dread …
- The #1 complaint people have about colonoscopy is not the procedure itself, but the preparation for the procedure. Read the full article.
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