Lack of Sleep Linked to Risky Colon Polyps

I found this article very interesting because there are many people who don't get enough sleep that they need. People who slept less than six hours a night are more likely to have dangerous polyps in their colon or rectum compared to better rested patients, in one recent study. Polyps, progress to become cancerous tumors in about 10% of cases. As a result, they are considered to be precancerous polyps and a strong predictor of the disease. However, this is the first time anyone has ever found a link between sleep duration and risk of colorectal adenomas, and the findings need to be confirmed in other studies. the results indicate that people who don't sleep much at night might have the same chance for developing colorectal cancer as other high risk groups, such as people with a close relative who has been diagnosed with the disease. I also found this interesting statistic that the national Cancer Institute gave. More than 140,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, and some 51,000 will die from the disease. To find out more, you can go to this link for the article: http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/us_colon_polyps