Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in the United States; the lifetime risk for men getting prostate cancer is 1 in 8 and it mainly impacts those between the ages of 55 and 69. Located beneath the bladder and around the urethra, the prostate is...
Colon cancer screenings are an essential part of health care. The lifetime risk of colon cancer is about 1 in 24. Screening used to be offered starting at age 50, but now the USPSTF, the government agency for primary care standards, has recommended that physicians...
Medical tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge have a high risk of not being followed up on by the ordering physician, reports Mei-Sing Ong, PhD in a research letter in the Archives of Internal Medicine on August 13th. Of 662,858 tests ordered for 6736...