Research Finds Less Frequent Colon Cancer Screening OK For Some
Researchers found that a negative colonoscopy could be followed by another screening every 15 years, instead of 10. Separately, studies linking cellphone use with nearsightedness trigger worries over "epidemic" of sight problems and its impact.
New research suggests patients with an average risk of colon cancer may only need to undergo a colonoscopy screening every 15 years instead of the recommended 10.聽Swedish researchers found that waiting an extra five years after a first negative colonoscopy carried about the same risk of later having a colorectal diagnosis or dying from the disease as getting screened every 10 years. Extending screening time could reduce 鈥渦nnecessary invasive examinations,鈥 according to the study published Thursday in JAMA Oncology. (Sullivan, 5/2)
Around聽half of the global population聽could need corrective lenses by 2050 鈥 a health care burden that already costs Americans聽an estimated $7.2 billion聽annually. It鈥檚 because myopia,聽also known as nearsightedness, is at epidemic levels, according to Rochester Institute of Technology聽professor Andrew Herbert. ... 鈥淭wo recent studies featuring extensive surveys of children and their parents provide strong support for the idea that an聽important driver of the uptick聽in myopia is that聽people are spending more time聽focusing on objects immediately in front of our eyes, whether a screen, a book or a drawing pad,鈥 Herbert聽told the Conversation. (Boyce, 5/2)
For centuries, medical researchers have exclusively studied men, downplaying or outright ignoring sex differences and extrapolating their findings to women. However, women are not physiologically the same as men 鈥 marked most plainly with the onset of menstruation at female puberty and two X chromosomes 鈥 and thus have often been given incomplete, poor and even harmful medical advice. (McManus, 5/2)
Research published in Schizophrenia Bulletin found that people who are exposed to cats may have more than double the chances of developing schizophrenia and other similar mental disorders later in life. Australian researchers from the University of Queensland conducted a systematic review of 17 studies performed in 11 countries between Jan. 1, 1980, and May 30, 2023. (Rudy, 5/2)
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Oh, Dear! Baby Gear! Why Are The Manuals So Unclear?聽
Since becoming a father a few months ago, I鈥檝e been nursing a grudge against something tiny, seemingly inconsequential, and often discarded: instructional manuals. Parenthood requires a lot of gadgetry to maintain a kid鈥檚 health and welfare. Those gadgets require puzzling over booklets, decoding inscrutable pictographs, and wondering whether warnings can be safely ignored or are actually disclosing a hazard. (Tahir, 5/3)