Besides, there’s no breast cancer in my family.” Fact: most breast cancers arise in women with no family history of breast ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Endoscopy procedures for the digestive system—upper endoscopy and colonoscopy—are similar ...

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 ...

Another "loophole" in colonoscopy reimbursements is the fact that if a colonoscopy becomes diagnostic, patients can expect to pay 15% of the Medicare-approved amount for a physicians' services. In ...

Significant heterogeneity in patient ages, bowel preparation scores, and colonoscopy indications were noted across the ...

The instructions for preparation came in the mail in a large envelope. If I were waiting to hear if I’d been accepted at Harvard, a large envelope would have been something to celebrate. For endoscopy ...

Everyone knows that colonoscopies save lives, but that doesn't make drinking a lot of liquid laxatives in preparation for the ...

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

I initially put off a colonoscopy due to gastroesophageal reflux disease, but after a positive home screening test, I ...

Everyone knows that colonoscopies save lives, but that doesn't make drinking a lot of liquid laxatives in preparation ...