A government task force has recommended stopping colorectal cancer screening at age 75 for people who have been screened regularly and have no evidence of disease. It also advised that no one over 85 be screened, updating a 2002 report that...
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for the detection of colorectal cancer and pre-malignant polyps, in stool specimens that were not buffer stabilized, as in the current commercial version. The findings demonstrate the important clinical potential...
The CDC estimates that 19 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each year, almost half of which occur among persons 15 to 24 years of age. In an effort to decrease the spread of STIs, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...
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Regular colonoscopy, fecal occult blood test and sigmoidoscopy (internal examination of the bowel) beginning at age 50 are still recommended. But, they have determined that after 75, the risk of the procedure outweighs the benefits for...
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