ITEMS OF INTEREST

Healthy Living
Colonoscopy
"Having a colonoscopy is the most effective way to screen for colon cancer because it enables doctors to spot and remove precancerous lesions, lesions. or polyps, before they develop into malignancies. Now a large German study has found that colonoscopies might cut colon-cancer risk even moor than previously thought-and that they can prevent cancer in the right side of the colon, considered tougher to screen for than the left side.
The same study found that colonoscopies were also effective at finding precancerous growths in the right colon, which connects with the small intestines, contradicting some previous research.

Most men and women should begin getting colonoscopies every 10 years once they turn 50. People at high risk of colon cancer-including those who have had adenomas  (the  riskiest type of polyp); or those with a family history of colorectal cancer or polyps-might need earlier or more frequent testing."

Source: "Colonoscopy: More Good News." Consumer Reports On Health (April 2011). p. 3.

Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Winston Barnaby, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary), Patricia David, Evelyn Green, David Hickmon, Bates Lyons, Joe Noel, Evelyn Stewart, Terrie Thomas.

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

Email

monicahartford@gmail.com