The Rise of Colon Cancer in Young Adults
Next Question with Katie Couric
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🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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"Microbiome" is a buzzword these days--but many people don't know what it means. As we re-assess the lasting impact diet may have on our health, researchers are examining the role of gut health as possible causes for the dramatic uptick in colorectal cancer in young people. Katie Couric, founder of Katie Couric Media and Stand Up To Cancer, hosts an expert-led panel including 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, to discuss the impact of diet on the gut microbiome.
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| 0:00.0 | Ready to support your gut health, try Lifeway Kaffir. |
| 0:03.8 | It's packed with bioavailable protein, and it has 12 probiotic strains to support digestion. |
| 0:10.9 | That's double what you'll find in most yogurt brands. |
| 0:13.8 | Visit Lifeway Foods.com to find delicious Lifeway Cafier near you. |
| 0:22.8 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:23.9 | I'm Katie Couric, and this is next question. |
| 0:29.6 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:30.8 | Happy International Women's Day, by the way. |
| 0:33.5 | Did we mention that? |
| 0:35.1 | I'm not sure if Samantha did. |
| 0:36.2 | Anyway, hi. |
| 0:37.3 | I am so excited about this panel. I get excited about everything, obviously, and gut help really got me jazzed. So microbiome, as you all know, is a real buzzword these days. But many people don't know what that actually means. And honestly, I have learned so |
| 0:55.9 | much just preparing for this panel. And what exactly is your microbiome? What role does it play |
| 1:02.4 | in our overall health? As you're about to hear, it's a pretty big one. And could gut health be |
| 1:08.8 | linked to an alarming uptick in colorectal and other digestive cancers among young people right now, not only diagnoses, but also tragically deaths? |
| 1:21.7 | As many of you may know, if you were alive in this far back, I lost my husband, Jay, to colon cancer in 1998. He was 42 years old. |
| 1:34.3 | Our daughters were six and two. And since then, having felt so powerless during the course of his nine-month illness. I have done everything I can to encourage people |
| 1:45.9 | to get screened, even getting an on-air colonoscopy on the Today Show back in the year 2000, |
| 1:53.4 | which resulted in a 20% increase in colonoscopies nationwide, which was so gratifying. |
| 1:59.8 | Thanks. |
| 2:06.3 | You know, in the year since, I've tried to keep this issue on the front burner. |
| 2:09.9 | 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, but I will keep you |
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