By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Inviting adults to colorectal cancer screening at age 60 shifts diagnoses to earlier stages without ...

Medical media enhances clinical practice, education, and patient engagement in gastroenterology and hepatology. Providers should understand their roles as consumers, contributors, and creators to ...

Over the past 25 years, the incidence of colon cancer and deaths from it has declined in adults 50 and older. This is welcome news that is the result of an increase in colonoscopy screening among this ...

Colonoscopy is a commonly performed medical procedure. It is done to diagnose and treat wide range of conditions and symptoms of colon and rectum. Many patients can have some minor GI symptom after ...

You already know how important it is to get screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45, and the recent tragic passing ...

Colonoscopies are a regular part of routine care for people with Crohn’s disease. Use these tips to make colonoscopy prep ...

(WNDU) - Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer in the U.S. Because Americans have been getting colon cancer at a younger age, doctors say you should have your first screening at age ...

If you’re at the age where colorectal screening is recommended to prevent colon cancer (between 45 and 75), you might see the new, landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine as ...

The medical community also considers colonoscopy the gold standard of screening for colorectal cancer. This type of cancer is one of the most common types in both males and females in the U.S. A ...

A recently published study in a high-profile medical journal appeared to call into question the efficacy of colonoscopy, a proven and widely utilized strategy for the screening and prevention of ...

The use of the anesthesia propofol puts patients to sleep faster, brings them out of their oblivion more quickly and may help doctors find more precancerous polyps during a colonoscopy than the ...