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If you choose to continue colorectal cancer screening after you’ve turned 75, which test is best? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People who are 75 and older and otherwise healthy reap benefits from continuing colorectal cancer screening, a new study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says that with new fecal screening tests, such a …
Should you continue to be screened for colorectal cancer if you’re over the age of 75? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How are worsening rates of diabetes related to the pandemic? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Rates of diabetes are increasing, recent data indicate, and factors related to the pandemic seem likely to be related. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, describes some of them. Kalyani: As we see less face to face interaction …
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We’re not getting any better at controlling diabetes in those who have it, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The number of people who have diabetes continues to increase but controlling it, along with other common health conditions that can make things worse, has stagnated, a recent study concludes. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, describes the …