Trisha Pasricha
Trisha Pasricha is a physician and researcher working in the field of gastroenterology and neurogastroenterology. Her published research focuses on disorders of gut-brain interaction, motility disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, and gastrointestinal manifestations related to Parkinson's disease. She has also investigated clinical topics such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, endoscopic interventions, and behavioral risk factors for digestive health issues.
28 claims checked on air: 4 context 2 contradicted 18 supported 4 unverified
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Approximately one in three people in the UK avoid discussing bowel symptoms with their doctor due to embarrassment.
"there's this statistic that about one in three people--this came from the UK--one in three people will avoid talking to their doctor about their bowel symptoms because they're so embarrassed." (said at 0:06:44)
No published record matching the claim that approximately one in three people in the UK avoid discussing bowel symptoms with their doctor due to embarrassment was located; this does not prove the claim false. While embarrassment is widely documented as a substantial barrier to medical help-seeking for gastrointestinal and colorectal symptoms in qualitative and survey literature, peer-reviewed epidemiological data quantifying this exact one-in-three proportion were not identified, suggesting the figure likely derives from unindexed charity or public opinion polling reports.
According to a study from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, one third of people defer their colonoscopy due to embarrassment about the procedure.
"A third of people, this is a study that came from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, a third of people will defer their whole colonoscopy because they're so embarrassed by the procedure." (said at 0:11:13)
No published record matching the claim that a study from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance found one-third of people defer colonoscopy specifically due to embarrassment was located; this does not prove the claim false.
A quarter of early-onset colorectal cancer cases could have been detected earlier with age-appropriate screening based on family risk.
"there actually is a big chunk of people that we--a quarter of cases that were younger could have been caught earlier if they had just gotten age-appropriate screening according to their own family risk." (said at 0:14:05)
No published record matching the specific claim that approximately a quarter of early-onset colorectal cancer cases could have been detected earlier through age-appropriate screening based on family history guidelines was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Colonic polyps have an approximate 10% rate of conversion to cancer.
"It's not cancer yet, but it's on that path that you know, there's like a 10% conversion rate to cancer for these polyps." (said at 0:17:50)
No published record matching the specific claim that colonic polyps have an approximate 10% rate of conversion to cancer was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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