If there was something you could do right now to lower your risk for cancer, would you do it? If you’ve been putting off a colonoscopy , you may want to reconsider. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Due to an increasing number found in individuals developing colorectal cancer at a younger age, the American Cancer Society changed the screening guidelines from 50 years of age to 45. “If you are at an average risk, the baseline screening age is now ...