MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of U.S. men and women older than 50 are getting screened for colorectal cancer, despite the success these tests have in reducing deaths linked to the disease, a new report says.

Still, the current rate of screening is an improvement from the 43 percent who received the tests back in 2000, the researchers noted. The statistics come from a national survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2005. Experts discuss the findings in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Between 1996 and 2005, there were 13 deaths and more than 1,500 injuries reported among young people using insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes, says a U.S. Food and Drug Administration study. The pumps offer an alternative to multiple daily injections of insulin by syringe.

THURSDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Roughly 80 percent of high blood pressure-related deaths in the world occur in developing nations, a new study by New Zealand researchers shows.

Once regarded as a problem only in high-income countries, high blood pressure is now a global problem that affects both rich and poor nations, the researchers said.

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials say they've identified the contaminant found in the blood-thinner heparin, which has been linked to hundreds of allergic reactions and possibly 19 deaths in the United States.

FRIDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that in-hospital deaths from heart disease are over-reported in New York City.