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To: ConservativeMind

Hard to believe this will REDUCE the number of colonoscopies.

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If you are 70+ and have no risk factors for colon cancer, the risk of being injured by the colonoscopy is HIGHER than the risk of undetected cancer!


11 posted on 05/20/2023 7:56:40 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen; SC DOC

Actually, the rate of serious issues is less than I had previously been made aware, according to the abstract link in SC DOC’s post.


12 posted on 05/20/2023 8:00:25 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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