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CRC Screening to Start at Age 45: ACG Update

March 8, 2021 antigens, aspirin, Bleeding, cancer (rectal), cardiovascular disease, clinical guidelines, Colon Cancer, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, cvd (cardiovascular disease), epidemic, flexible sigmoidoscopy, guidelines, hemoccult, hemoccult positive stool, hemorrhage, malignant colon neoplasm, malignant rectal neoplasm, medical litera, Minnesota, obese, obesity, occult blood in stool, rectal cancer, virtual colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is now recommended for average-risk individuals starting at age 45 years, according to the American College

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The epidemic in the pandemic

February 17, 2021 epidemic, in, pandemic, the

Opioid overdose deaths have quietly accelerated in the past year, a fact overshadowed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to

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Health Problems

Philippines declares dengue outbreak a national epidemic

August 6, 2019 A, declares, Dengue, epidemic, national, outbreak:, Philippines

The Philippines’ Department of Health on Tuesday declared the country’s outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic. The agency

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HIV prevention drug can curb the epidemic for high-risk groups in India

May 10, 2019 Can, curb, drug, epidemic, for, groups, high-risk, HIV, in, India, prevention, the

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a combination drug used to prevent HIV infection, has already gained significant traction in the U.S. and

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Health Problems

Asia’s diabetes epidemic preferentially kills women, the middle-aged: study

April 22, 2019 Asia's, Diabetes, epidemic, kills, Middle-Aged, preferentially, study, the, women

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in Asia and has dramatically increased the risk of premature death, especially among women and

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Sufficient Investment Could Reduce HIV Epidemic by 2030

February 27, 2019 2030?, By, Could, epidemic, HIV, Investment, reduce, Sufficient

TUESDAY, Feb. 26, 2019 — New HIV infections could be reduced and prevalence could begin to decline by 2030 with

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Deaths of despair in the era of Donald Trump: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem

September 27, 2018 deaths, despair, Donald, epidemic, era, in, is, just, of, Opioid, part, problem, the, Trump:

Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines in life expectancy relative

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