Today in The Leo Zone I met Dr. Joe Eyring, a colorectal surgeon, who was with a group of other physicians helping to promote Colorectal Cancer awareness.

Something Dr. Eyring said that stuck with me is, "I don't like to lose, and this is really the only kind of cancer you can win." What he meant was that Colon cancer, if detected early, is about 95% curable. He says Colorectal cancer is most often found in people older than 50. Dr. Eyring certainly knows his stuff. Here are a few more facts off the top of his head.

There are roughly 147,000 Americans suffering from Colon cancer.

It is the second leading "cancer killer" in the U.S.

There are typically no early warning signs for Colon cancer.

If you are obese, you have a 30% greater likelihood of getting Colon cancer.

There is also a higher rate of Colon cancer rates for African Americans.

Tonight the physicians were also promoting the State organization UCAN, which stands for Utah Cancer Action Network. It's basically a coalition of different local cancer advocacy groups working together, instead of ordinarily competing against each other for research funding. Take-home "Coloscreen" test kits were made available to visitors, which you can mail in a for a free colorectal test.

Finally, something Dr. Eyring also said was that the average American over age 65 is on 14 medical prescriptions a day. I thought that was a pretty amazing statistic.