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New Educational Booklet Helps Patients Prepare for Colonoscopy

UCLA and Veterans Affairs researchers have developed an educational booklet that can help patients better prepare for a colonoscopy. Researchers found that patients given the booklet were far more likely to arrive for their colonoscopy with a "good" preparation than patients who had received the usual preparation instructions (68 percent vs. 46 percent).

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New educational booklet helps patients prepare for a colonoscopy

physorg.com — “UCLA and Veterans Affairs researchers have developed an educational booklet that can help patients better prepare for a colonoscopy, potentially saving their lives. One out of every 16 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer, the leading non-smoking–related cancer killer in the U.S.” View full resource at physorg.com