It's a rite of passage none of us really look forward to: Once we turn 45, it's recommended that we get a colonoscopy to screen for polyps and colon cancer. This is especially important as rates of ...

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 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 recent narrative review concluded that artificial intelligence (AI) has a significant impact on gastroenterology, with ...

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 ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: One of my parents died of colon cancer and I know I should get a colonoscopy. The problem is that I can't fast for 24 hours because of other health problems. Are there other ...

A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that eliminating the race disparity in colon cancer testing in the United States would dramatically reduce colon cancer, and colon ...