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Task force: Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75 (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_he_me/med_colon_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080917/capt.9113ad0ba9d0466fb2ae0d2eac23043a.colon_cancer_deaths_gfx918.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=wIYCX6aJyZaoyvICO..JbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="Graphic shows deaths rates for colon cancer by decade since 1960;" border="0" /></a>AP - Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology.</p><br clear="all"/>