Increased demand for colonoscopies has prompted healthcare leaders to hone preventive screening, service delivery and innovation strategies in recent years.1 While the detection of polyps during ...

On Sunday, the New England Journal of Medicine published the interim results of a landmark trial examining the effect of inviting people to colonoscopy screening. The paper, which STAT covered, ...

Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a colonoscopy yesterday, something I have held off since getting my first one 15 years ago at age 46. The dreaded prep wasn’t as horrible as I remembered, so I am now less ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The American Cancer Society estimates there will be more than 106,000 new cases of colon cancer across the U.S. in 2022. One of those cases impacted the News 2 family. Julie Luck ...

A colonoscopy is a telescopic and visual examination of the colon and rectum. It helps doctors detect abnormalities in the bowel, including signs of colorectal cancer. More than 15 million colonoscopy ...

A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy – and the steps required to get one – can cause a spike of anxiety.