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A new study shows that Americans are getting their first colonoscopies at 45 years old following the update to the US colorectal cancer screening guidelines.

New Guidelines for Cardiac Screenings in Youth NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—In 2003, Lene and Jim Righeimer suddenly lost their four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, to an undetected genetic cardiac arrhythmia. Doctors knew that Rebecca had succumbed to a sudden cardiac death (SCD), but they couldn’t pinpoint why at the time. Lene Righeimer said her husband had sprayed for ants the day before. They thought maybe she had been poisoned, or had otherwise been exposed to something that triggered her heart ...