Katie Couric Reveals She's Convinced One Star to Get a Colonoscopy & Is Still Battling To Get Another to Do It
For those who don't know, South by Southwest, also known as SXSW, is in full swing! So many stars have arrived for the movie premieres, for the events, and of course, for the educational panels. From March 7 to March 15, people can go to SXSW, a week-long conference and festival, to learn, grow, and more. One of the biggest events of the show has everyone talking: the SheMedia Co-Lab's Gut Check: Gut Health and The Rise of Colon Cancer in Young Adults panel!
Held today, Saturday, March 8 at 10:15 AM, people saw moderator Katie Couric talk about young people's gut health with Dr. Nancy You, a surgeon and director of the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Program at MD Anderson, Dr. Susan Bullman–an Associate Professor of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods.
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And during the beginning of this panel, Couric revealed something intriguing: she's convinced one star to get a colonoscopy, and is still working to convince another to get one.
'I have done everything I can to encourage people to get screened, even getting an on air colonoscopy on the Today show back in the year 2000 which resulted in a 20 percent increase in colonoscopies nationwide, which was so gratifying,' she said. 'In the year since I tried to keep this issue on the front burner, I took Jimmy Kimmel to get a colonoscopy a few years ago. I'm trying to get Kevin Hart to let me take him this year, because he just turned 45 and he hasn't gotten back to me yet.'
While Couric has convinced Kimmel to do it, it seems she's battling to get Hart to finally go!
Now, for those wondering, a colonoscopy is a procedure that uses an endoscope to examine the large intestine, or colon, to look for anything unusual like growths or polyps.
Per Yale Medicine, 'The American Cancer Society and U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend that people between the ages of 45 and 75 who are at average risk for colorectal cancer undergo regular screening tests for colorectal cancer,' so your mid-forties are the age to get it done as soon as can be! And it's clear Couric wants her pals to get checked out, and stay healthy!
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