He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients who are hesitant to get a colonoscopy. For a decade, we've had stool collection kits like Cologuard. In ...

If polyps were found during your colonoscopy, they were most likely removed. If a polyp was very large, a biopsy or sample ...

Colon cancer is the third most leading cancer in both men and women in the United States, according to the American Cancer ...

The agency's data shows the total number of publicly-funded colonoscopies dropped by more than 7 percent. Wellington man Matt Fannin has had annual colonoscopies since he was diagnosed at 18 with the ...

About 55% of people assigned a patient navigator got a follow-up colonoscopy after their stool test revealed a risk of colon ...

Dr. Harry Wasvary is Joshi’s doctor and the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Corewell Health William Beaumont University ...

When it comes to colorectal cancer, early detection isn’t just powerful—it can be lifesaving, according to Dr. Ritesh Patil.

Anesthesia does not cause dementia. However, some people do develop a complication called postoperative delirium.

Dr. Rodney Thill of Advocate Christ Medical Center treated Harmening, and said getting a colonoscopy by age 45 is key to early detection. "We do not want patients to wait for symptoms, for weight ...

Of those patients, 479 were assigned a patient navigator. The navigator helped them solve problems related to getting their colonoscopy, guided through preparation and check-in, and then checked ...

Heather Orom Associate Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior Expertise: health information avoidance, illness ...