Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Melanosis coli is a condition in which the lining of the colon (the longest part of ...

Prep for colonoscopy usually involves a laxative beverage to clean you out before providers examine the bowels. Here’s what ...

New Study Shows at-Home Colon Cancer Screening Test Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer Death, as Effective as Screening Colonoscopy July 25, 2024 — A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy, sedation with ciprofol was favorable over sedation with propofol ... All patients fasted for 8 hours prior to surgery and were not permitted to drink water for 2 ...

An upper GI endoscopy happens through the throat, while a lower GI colonoscopy involves entry through the anus. Find more ...

Poor bowel preparation also led to repeat colonoscopies for 18.9% of current GLP-1RA users, compared to 11.1% of controls ...

Let’s start with the cheapest, the yearly FIT, or fecal immunochemical test, which looks for fecal blood that might be caused ...

The primary outcomes were the ADR and the adenoma miss rate, and secondary outcomes were adenomas per colonoscopy, sessile ...

A recent prospective cross-sectional study in Thailand demonstrates that multitarget stool DNA testing is highly sensitive ...

A prospective cross-section study by BGI Genomics and Siriraj Hospital demonstrates high accuracy of multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal cancer detection in Thai individuals, offering a ...

There's a new blood test to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new study found it's not as effective as a colonoscopy or ...