Oh the joys of diagnostic medical tests! Anyone who’s ever had a colonoscopy surely knows that it’s no walk in the park. From the prep to the test, you understand why there are more pleasant ways to spend your time. Yet, there’s no denying the value of screening tests for colon and rectal cancer, and no doubt thousands of us are alive today because these tests revealed problems before they became life-threatening. For a comprehensive review of the process and procedures for colon and rectal cancer screening, Read Here.

In fact, these screenings have been so effective that the American Cancer Society has just come out with newly revised guidelines recommending such screenings begin at age 45 rather than the standard recommendation of age 50. So grab some prune juice and read more Here. However, it’s important to realize that there are some risks involved in colonoscopies, especially the risk of infection. And a newly published study in the BMJ Journal Gut describes the higher than anticipated levels of bacterial infection following colonoscopies and endoscopies in outpatient ambulatory surgery centers. Apparently it really does matter where you get scoped. So before you swallow the syrup, take a look at the infection statistics Here.