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

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 ...

This study, led by Jonathan Makar, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne ... in the included randomized controlled ...

However, the blood test isn't as effective as colonoscopy at detecting and preventing colon cancer, a new review finds. About two and a half times more colon cancer deaths can be expected to occur in ...

New blood tests are now available to screen for colorectal (colon) cancer, providing a simpler alternative to traditional ...

28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "The blood tests are certainly ... The best-case scenario will be if most people ...

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 ...

Newly available blood tests to screen for colorectal cancer sound far more appealing than a standard colonoscopy. Instead of ...