It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

Get ready for a butt load of ugly truth. A doctor is pulling back the curtain on what really happens when you’re under sedation during a colonoscopy — and it may change how you schedule the rest of ...

On 'Live with Kelly and Mark,' the morning show host admitted that he should have already gotten screened for colon cancer Manoli Figetakis/Getty Mark Consuelos shared that he underwent a colonoscopy, ...

We conducted a cross-sectional study using a web-based survey among members of Ukraine's endoscopy society EndoAcademy (Kyiv, Ukraine) (October-November 2023). The questionnaire assessed colonoscopy ...

Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...

The cost of a medical procedure, like a colonoscopy, can vary dramatically between hospitals in the same state. Researchers find little connection between higher hospital prices and better quality of ...

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Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the US, partly due to low screening rates. New and emerging screening tools, like blood and breath tests, may offer alternatives to in-office screenings.

In a research study, some doctors will wear Apple Vision Pro during colonoscopies to explore how spatial computing can support real-time cancer detection. We've been hearing about potential case uses ...

Many patients with commercial insurance and Medicare still face out-of-pocket costs for bowel preparations despite ACA mandates. Low-volume bowel preparations are more likely to incur costs than ...

What's causing the rise is unknown. Many theories point to lifestyle causes such as increased weight, eating more ultra-processed foods and excessive alcohol use A survey released in March showed that ...