While colonoscopies are considered the gold standard of screening, it’s essential to make sure you’re not getting bum results ...

One way to be screened is through a procedure called colonoscopy, where a physician examines your colon with a camera to look for precancerous polyps. Unfortunately, some physicians are not as ...

Sabbaghian, according to the report. In February, Vanessa Macato was referred to Dr. Sabbaghian for a colonoscopy. During the exam, he allegedly asked Ms. Macato to lift her shirt over her bra. He ...

A virtual colonoscopy is doing a colonoscopy with an x-ray machine. Instead of a physician, a gastroenterologist using an instrument to go up into a colon, there's no instrument involved ...

The Final Bill The hospital charged a total of $19,206 for the procedure, including physician fees. The insurer negotiated the price to $5,816 and paid $1,979, leaving a patient share of $4,047 ...

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients exhibiting symptoms of colon cancer or having an existing colon condition ...

The physician removes a polyp or tissue for a biopsy. Medicare covers a screening colonoscopy, a test performed to check that the person’s health is on track and to identify whether any ...

Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause and tried to ignore it. But he became worried when the bleeding ...

The Mayo Medical Center provides primary, secondary and tertiary level care and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology offers open-access colonoscopy. Physicians from the Mayo Clinic and ...

The human body requires a thorough checkup from time to time to see if anything is amiss or if something has worn out and needs to be replaced. It’s very similar to owning a car. It had been over a ...