March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., and approximately 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer each year. Colon cancer often has no symptoms at all until itand#39;s at an advanced stage, but it is 80% preventable when detected early.

A free colon cancer prevention program originally scheduled for March 5 but canceled due to winter weather has been rescheduled for Monday, March 17 at 1 p.m. at the Mruk Family Education Center on Aging. Youand#39;ll learn why a quality colonoscopy is important, who should get one and what your risk is for colorectal cancer. The program is presented by the Donald W. Reynolds Centers on Aging locally at the Mruk Family Education Center on Aging on the BRMC campus, across Hospital Drive from the Main Entrance.

The speaker for this first meeting will be a nurse from the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. To learn more about this program, please call the MFECOA at (870) 508-3880 or email Debbie Love, MFECOA Coordinator, at dlove@baxterregional.org.

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