1 Stool tests can produce false-positive and false-negative results. 2  False-positive means that the test may be positive when you don't have a polyp or cancer. 3  False-negative means that the test may be negative when you do have a polyp or cancer.4  These tests may miss polyps and some cancers.hat To Think About. 1  Stool tests can produce false-positive and false-negative results. 2  False-positive means that the test may be positive when you don't have a polyp or cancer. 3  False-negative means that the test may be negative when you do have a polyp or cancer.
Approximately 11,000 spinal cord injuries reported each year in the United States involve paraplegia. Such events occur as a result of automobile and motorcycle accidents, sporting accidents, falls, and gunshot wounds.
In the U.S., more than 1,150,000 people go under. the knife for spinal problems every year, a rate double that of most developed countries and. five times that of the United Kingdom, says Dr. Deyo. Yet the outcomes have been no better. Maybe 5 percent of patients with back pain need surgery, says Dr. Rosen.