The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently announced that it is no longer recommending prostate cancer screening for men.
I am a 30-year-old male. I am having episodes of abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. The doctor says she suspects ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease and wants to do a colonoscopy. What are these diseases? What else could this be and is it appropriate to do a colonoscopy?
2010: Dr. Mehmet Oz talks to CNN's Larry King about his colon cancer scare and the need to screen for the disease.
Stepped-up colon-cancer screening has helped slash death rates from the disease across the U.S. in recent years, but not all regions of the country have benefited equally.
Three weeks after learning he was at high risk for colon cancer, he televises his colonoscopy
The doctor tells PEOPLE Winfrey was prompted to get a colonoscopy - right away
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