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Millions missing out on colon cancer screening

(AP) -- Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer - colorectal cancer - miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon screening as widespread as tests for ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New odour-'reading' device sniffs out superbug

(PhysOrg.com) -- Testing has begun on a device that can sniff out the presence of Clostridium difficile disease by smell, thanks to an award from the Wellcome Trust.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Improved DNA stool test could detect digestive cancers in multiple organs

Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that a noninvasive screening test can detect not only colorectal cancer but also the common cancers above the colon -- including pancreas, stomach, biliary and esophageal cancers. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1