Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Focus on Healthy Aging (FHA)
Volume 27 • Number 5 • May 2024
Colonoscopy Is a Highly Effective Screening Test, but Should You Get One After Age 75?
Nobody wants to think about, much less undergo, colorectal cancer screening, especially if it involves having a colonoscopy. But it’s definitely worth keeping up with routine colonoscopies, says Mount Sinai gastroenterologist Brijen J. Shah, MD. “Colonoscopy is considered the gold-standard screening test for colorectal cancer, since it checks the entire …
Issue Highlights
- Sharpen Your Vision with the Right Glasses
- Is Your Doctor Right for You?
- Newsbriefs: Risky Medications, Accuracy of In-Home Colorectal Cancer Tests, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Music Benefits Brain Health
- Calculating and Understanding Your Fracture Risk
- Fill Your Plate with Functional Foods
- Ask the Experts: Medicare and Follow-Up Colonoscopy; Pericardial Effusion; Bladder Cancer