{"id":15461,"date":"2020-03-16T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15461"},"modified":"2020-03-16T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T14:58:37","slug":"get-your-yearly-colorectal-cancer-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15461","title":{"rendered":"Get your yearly colorectal cancer screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog)<\/p>\n<p>When life gets busy, it\u2019s easy to put off an important test or screening. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so take some time out of your busy schedule to get screened. Remember, colorectal cancer is very common among men\u2014it\u2019s the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. among cancers that affect both men and women. It\u2019s important to be proactive, so talk with your doctor about whether you should get colorectal cancer or prostate cancer screenings.\u00a0 Continue reading blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/blog\/colorectal-cancer-screenings-2020\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11503\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog) When life gets busy, it\u2019s easy to put off an important test or screening. March is Colorectal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15462,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15461\/revisions\/15462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}