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Fendrick explains the value of additional modalities for colorectal cancer screening to combat the colonoscopy backlog and help patients get screened.

The latest update moves the recommended age to start mammograms from 50 down to 40. How are these decisions made?

Laurie Kruse, RN, program manager at the Edith Sanford Breast Center, discusses the new recommendation to start mammograms at age 40 instead of 50.

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Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A major new report shows stark disparities in breast cancer care, with non-white Americans and those

Hepatitis Awareness Month is designed to raise awareness of viral hepatitis and promote testing and vaccination while decreasing the stigma against the virus.

Delayed diagnoses remain a problem nationwide

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women between the ages of 40 and 74 should get mammograms every other year, but some experts object to the older cut-off age.

Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.