Hospital Seminar Highlights Colon Health Awareness

BURLESON, TEX. – Texas Health Huguley Hospital recently hosted a colon health seminar designed to educate the community, encourage preventive care and create space for open conversation.

Attendees heard from medical professionals, asked questions and learned practical steps for maintaining colon health. The event fostered a supportive environment focused on awareness and early detection, with experts offering guidance on reducing risk.

Mike Bismar, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Texas Health Huguley, led much of the discussion, emphasizing the importance of routine screenings. 

Participants were encouraged to take an active role in their health by staying informed and following medical guidance.

Lisa Landry, assistant nurse manager at Texas Health Huguley, shared that after delaying a routine colonoscopy, she learned that precancerous cells had developed. 

“I had several polyps removed,” she said. “If I had waited six more months it would have been cancer.” 

Landry, who has no family history of colon cancer, now uses her experience to advocate for early detection and regular checkups.

Events like this seminar aim to address growing concerns around colorectal cancer, particularly as cases have recently increased among younger adults. Health experts note that while rates have declined in older populations, diagnoses among adults under 50 have risen, making awareness and timely screening important.

Through expert insight and personal testimony, the seminar emphasized that early action can save lives.

“Don’t take these tests for granted,” Landry said. “Do the screening if the doctor recommends it.”

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