This New Cancer Screening Method Can Be Done At Home – And Could Save Your LIFE!

Whether it be David Bowie, Alan Rickman, or Lemmy Kilmister, cancer-related deaths are all too common in the media these days. Luckily scientists are working tirelessly to find easy ways to detect cancer early in people that are most at risk of getting life-threatening cancers.  Not only are scientists hoping to find easy ways to detect cancer, they are doing pretty damn well at it. And now that this new procedure is on its way, it'll make things a lot easier for us all.

Hopefully you and I never get cancer, but if we do, easy tests like this will help us catch it early and give us a fighting chance

May these fellas serve as motivation to find new and improved ways to put cancer in its place.

One especially dangerous type of cancer that affects both men and women is colo-rectal cancer.

Usually doctors recommend everyone over 50 to have a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer. But they may start recommending it to younger people soon.

If you haven't yet enjoyed this rite of passage into silver foxdom, it involves a colon flush the night before you go into the doctor... and a very invasive rectal scope the day you go in. 

People aren't exactly rushing to get a colonoscopy, and by no surprise, people HATE this procedure and are notorious for avoiding it.  

Given this terror, doctors have been working to find ways to test for colon cancer at home, looking for ways that are more friendly on the tooter. And they've found something really interesting.

Luckily, a new colon cancer screening method can be done in the comfort of your own home.

Most importantly, it requires no probing. It's called FIT (fecal immunochemical test).

Here, check out the unit for yourself.  It's surprisingly easy to use.

By using a stool sample, FIT can detect colo-rectal cancer through small amounts of blood. Most importantly, up to 86% of people who tried FIT actually used it every year.

Younger people might need to start getting tested for an important reason though.

You youngins aren't in the clear. 

Unfortunately, the rate of colon cancer in younger men and women is rising, and doctors are trying to decide whether people younger than 50 should be tested.

Cancer researchers are raving about the new testing method. But come on, it's probably because they don't have to probe any keesters, right?

Given the initial reception, I'm sure this is what'll happen when FIT goes on the market:

I think most people will opt to take the private, less invasive option to screen for colon cancer in the future. 

By the looks of it though, some people will still prefer the classic method.

Share if you have some men in your life who'll appreciate this good news! Nobody wants their doctor's thumb in their rear if they can avoid it, right?

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