A major European trial has confirmed that colonoscopy screening lowers colorectal cancer incidence but offers limited mortality reduction over 13 years. Researchers say improved treatments for ...

I recently suffered through a colonoscopy and its torturous 24-hour preparatory bowel cleanse. Fortunately, my colon tumor ...

Detox your body! Boost your immunity! Lose weight! The wellness pitches for colonics make these colon-cleansing procedures sound like the ultimate health elixir. But the evidence suggests this trend — ...

While no medical procedure is fun, exactly, some can feel more intimidating than others. Root canals and mammograms may make ...

A randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of different volumes of polyethylene glycol (PEG) regimens for bowel preparation for inpatient colonoscopy.

In this randomized controlled trial, a 1 L polyethylene glycol–ascorbate regimen achieved higher rates of high-quality bowel ...

Shambi Broome had virtually no symptoms of colon cancer. She got a colonoscopy when she reached the annual screening age, lowered from 50 to 45 in 2018. Broome was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer ...

A short burst of immunotherapy before surgery is delivering surprisingly powerful results for a specific type of colorectal ...

A first-in-human trial of a robotic colonoscopy shows the system can perform all functions of a colonoscope with promising ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was 47 when my first colonoscopy found a villous adenoma, and during the past 21 years, I’ve had eight or ...

The owner of a Monterey County business has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a customer during what police ...