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March is Colon Cancer Screening month

Illinois has higher rate of deaths than Michigan.Reason-lower screening rate.

Hello,Colon Cancer kills 50,000 per year in USA.This is 90% avoidable or preventable cancer if detected early.
So as reminder to all over 40,please get this screening. If you are afraid of pain--we assure you no pain-except drinking Yucky stuff to clean your Colon. Clean colon allows us to see any polyp--which are the source of colon cancer. 25% of people over 50 have polyps. We take out polyps to prevent colon cancer. If you have no insurance-- talk to us for reasonable option. But pl.don’t wait.

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