New insight into effectiveness of colonoscopy

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 05:07 in Health & Medicine

A study suggests the test reduces risk of death 60% to 70% instead of up to 90% and finds that it's better at detecting cancer on the left side of the colon. Don't be overconfident of that recent colonoscopy's clean bill of health.

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