Virtually every organization that has issued screeningrecommendations recommends that a normal-risk person (someone without a family history of colon cancer) start colorectal screening at the age of 50.
"Pediatricians and other healthcare providers who work with adolescents need to be aware of, and follow through with, screening guidelines and recommendations for obesity and also other cardiovascular risk factors, and suggest appropriate behavioral interventions, " May says.
Given our limed knowledge, recommendations on screening and treatment for vitamin D deficiency in reasonably healthy people are neither clear nor final.
Skittish health officials in Saudi Arabia have worked hard to quell fears that the pilgrimage -- the biggest yearly congregation of people in the world -- will contribute to the global spread of the virus, inviting international health experts to make recommendations and screening pilgrims as they arrive.
It is unclear whether the task force's recommendations turned women in their 40s away from mammography, although some facilities reported a decrease in screening in the wake of the controversy.