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Blood test to detect colon cancer seeks FDA approval

blood testYet another biotech company is diligently working to find a safer, less invasive test besides a colonoscopy to detect cancers of the colon and rectum. EDP Biotech Corporation of West Knoxville, Tenn., has announced that it is seeking FDA approval of a blood test to detect colon cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages.

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Second bowel cleansing recommended for colonoscopies

colonoscopy3 150x150 Second bowel cleansing recommended for colonoscopiesMany physicians who perform colonoscopies are beginning to ask their patient for a second cleansing of the bowel in the wee hours before their procedures to ensure the bowel is clean and reduce the need for a redo.

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C.B. Fleet wants to put recalled products back on market

fleet product boxes 150x150 C.B. Fleet wants to put recalled products back on marketMaker of bowel cleansing products and laxatives C.B. Fleet wants to sell its over-the-counter oral sodium phosphate () solutions to consumers even though the company recalled them six months ago after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued black box warnings on prescription OSPs and raised serious concerns over the over-the-counter products. The FDA had received numerous reports of a serious form of kidney injury known as acute phosphate nephropathy following the use of .

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