Dr. Max A. Shapiro

12/24/2025

12/22/2025

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/video/new-faces-colon-cancer-128481226

More young people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer and cases in people of color are on the rise.

12/19/2025

"Jess Loren remembers loving the taste of Cap'n Crunch cereal. Coca-Cola. Snickers bars.

But now, instead of a sweetness, "they taste bland," she says. Flavors are noticeably muted since she started a GLP-1 medication in April 2023 to manage her polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) symptoms."

GLP-1s mute sugar in our bodies. That's impacting our taste buds.

12/16/2025

Always important to read new research.

Cedars-Sinai clinicians present new research on diagnosing and treating digestive diseases during ACG 2025, a top gastroenterology conference.

12/14/2025

Enjoy love, peace and light.

12/12/2025

"Researchers observed that consuming about two ounces of pistachios each night for 12 weeks resulted in significantly different stool microbial community profiles compared to those who consumed the recommended 15 to 30 grams of a carbohydrate snack. Specific bacterial groups, including Roseburia and members of the Lachnospiraceae family — known as “good” bacteria that produces beneficial short-chain fatty acids like butyrate — were more abundant following the pistachio condition."

Nighttime pistachio consumption affects gut bacteria in adults with prediabetes, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences.

12/10/2025

"Our gut microbiome is made up of trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in our intestines. These help our bodies break down food, assist our immune system, send chemical signals to our brain, and potentially serve many other functions that researchers are still working to understand. When the microbiome is out of balance – with not enough helpful bacteria or the wrong combination of microbes – it can affect our whole body."

Common medications can unsettle the gut microbiome. Predicting these changes may help scientists design treatments that reduce side effects.

12/08/2025

ATLANTA, August 4, 2025 — In a new study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), scientists found that after a stable 15-year trend, diagnoses of local-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) rose steeply in adults aged 45-49 years old during 2019 to 2022 in the United States, including a 50% relative increase from 2021 to 2022 (from 11.7 to 17.5 cases per 100,000). Local or early stage means the cancer is confined to the original site where it started and usually has no symptoms. The study is published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

ATLANTA, August 4, 2025 — In a new study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), scientists found that after a stable 15-year trend, diagnoses of local-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) rose...

12/05/2025

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2025/early-onset-cancer-research-environment-genetics-support?utm_source=chatgpt.com

As diagnoses of colorectal, breast, and other cancers continue to increase in people under age 50, researchers are trying to understand why it’s happening.

12/04/2025

https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/04/colon-cancer-screening-guidelines-age-45-new-studies/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Two new studies show that colorectal cancer screening sharply increased for people ages 45 to 49 after the age recommendation changed in 2021.

12/03/2025

Eat less processed food and get screened!

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Criscilla Anderson's photographer Lindsey confirmed in an Instagram post that she died of colon cancer. She was 45.