Should We All Get Colonoscopies Starting at Age 50?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 25/11/2015

Why do U.S. doctors continue to recommend colonoscopies when most other countries recommend less invasive colon cancer screening methods?

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Serious harm in 1 out of 350 colonoscopies? See the last video for all the gory details: What to Take Before a Colonoscopy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what to-take-before-a-colonoscopy).

Too often, truly informed consent is a joke in modern medicine. See: 
• The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Actual-Benefit-of-Diet-vs-Drugs)
• Why Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Prevention-is-Worth-a-Ton-of-Cure)
• Fully Consensual Heart Disease Treatment (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fully-consensual-heart-disease-treatment/)
• Everything in Moderation? Even Heart Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease)
• Drugs and the Demise of the Rice Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Drugs-and-the-Demise-of-the-Rice-Diet)

How do you know if your doctor is on the take? Check out my video next week entitled Find Out If Your Doctor Takes Drug Company Money (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/find-out-if-your-doctor-takes-drug-company-money).

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