"This represents a small but significant decrease," say the Mayo Clinic researchers, because the guideline changes were controversial when they were released…"The 2009 USPSTF guidelines resulted in significant backlash among patients, physicians, and other organizations, prompting many medical societies to release opposing guidelines," study researcher Nilay Shah, PhD, says in a news release. He is a researcher at the Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery in Rochester, Minn.

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