This weekend was filled with coverage of the passing of Tony Snow.  This morning I woke to news anchors discussing colonoscopies and how they are not so bad, people at 50 should get one, earlier if your family has a history. 

Now, apparently like most people the thought of a two day medical procedure that does not allow me to eat and violates my exit is not at the top of our "to do" lists.

There is a better way, Exact Sciences (EXAS) has a stool screen that is very effective in identifying colon cancer, it is non-invasive and you get to eat.  LabCorp (LH) is the distributer of this product.  Why is this product not being pushed as a low impact, attractive alternative to the medical procedure?  That is right, the FDA entered the picture decided this was not a procedure, but a device and therefore must complete more trials.  Exact Sciences already as developed the next generation of the stool screen and the FDA is obstructing its introduction.

This is how Exact Sciences product works.  You go to the doctor and they give you a little box and at your next bowel movement you collect a sample and ship it to the lab.  The lab finds a shed colon cell, (your colon like your skin sheds cells) and then they evaluate a particular chromosome that changes when cancerous.

Quick, easy, private and effective, what the hell is wrong with the FDA.  Exact Science (EXAS) is a small company with limited liquidity and the stock price moves dramatically with news releases.  I  own this stock and in fact bought some more this morning because of the price decline.  I do not know how many more people need to die from colon cancer before the FDA removes its head from its colon.