Daily Archives: April 30, 2024

colonoscopy

VA encourages Veterans to get a colonoscopy

VA News – Colorectal cancer is one of the leading cancer killers, and it often has no symptoms. That is why getting screened regularly for colorectal cancer is so important, because it really prevents and decreases mortality. Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association and a Navy Veteran, just turned 45 and did what we should all do at that age: Get a colonoscopy. “I don’t know if looking