{"id":314310,"date":"2026-02-24T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314310\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:12:07","slug":"can-long-distance-running-increase-your-risk-of-colon-cancer-maryland-doctor-explains-what-runners-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314310\/","title":{"rendered":"Can long-distance running increase your risk of colon cancer? Maryland doctor explains what runners should know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Physical exercise has long been known as absolutely essential for maintaining good health. However, when a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inovanewsroom.org\/press-release\/2025\/08\/groundbreaking-inova-study-finds-potential-link-between-long-distance-running-and-colon-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"2025 study\">2025 study<\/a> revealed a possible link between extreme endurance running and colon cancer, it left many stunned.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pexels-photo-4348631_1771859749179_1771859790925.jpeg\" alt=\"Running provides many proven health benefits despite recent theoretical findings, shares Dr Sood. (Pexel)\" title=\"Running provides many proven health benefits despite recent theoretical findings, shares Dr Sood. (Pexel)\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Running provides many proven health benefits despite recent theoretical findings, shares Dr Sood. (Pexel)<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Also Read | <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/health\/bengaluru-cardiac-surgeon-explains-how-to-spot-sudden-cardiac-arrest-vs-heart-attack-shares-what-to-do-to-save-lives-101771682063096.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Bengaluru cardiac surgeon explains how to spot sudden cardiac arrest vs heart attack; shares what to do to save lives\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bengaluru cardiac surgeon explains how to spot sudden cardiac arrest vs heart attack; shares what to do to save lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">While the claim does appear concerning, it should not immediately scare one away from long-distance running, according to Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Taking to Instagram on February 23, Dr Sood explained what the study actually found, and why details matter while interpreting such findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Physical exercise has long been known as absolutely essential for maintaining good health. However, when a 2025 study&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[33458,125649,499,146866,103,61,60,91087,10556],"class_list":{"0":"post-314310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-colon-cancer","9":"tag-endurance-training","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-gut-stress","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-long-distance-running","16":"tag-physical-activity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}