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Too much medicine: journalists fail to question new colorectal cancer screening guidelines

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines, lowering the recommended age to start screening from 50 to 45. Why is the ACS recommending that people get screened at a younger age? Read more about the questions journalists should be asking at HealthNewsReview.org.