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

Gabriella Parker had a colonoscopy at 21 despite the recommended age being 45. She made some radical changes in her life to ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — For many people, one of the most uncomfortable parts of a colonoscopy is the preparation for the procedure. The purpose of a colonoscopy is to examine the colon and rectum for ...

Past research has shown low-volume bowel prep to be similarly safe and effective as high-volume prep, but that was in ...

The following is a summary of “Impact of Visual Distraction Interventions on Patients’ Pain and Anxiety During Colonoscopy: A ...

Approximately one in four individuals undergoing colonoscopy has an inadequate bowel preparation. Data from two retrospective studies indicate that 42–48% of colon polyps are missed on ...

Two and a half times more colon cancer deaths can be expected to occur in people taking the blood test every three years as recommended, compared to those who undergo colonoscopy once a decade, ...

Wasting no time, the girl informs them that her mom, Brandi, is indisposed as she goes through the normal process of colonoscopy prep. "She's gonna poop like crazy," the girl said before scolding ...

Patients at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Clinic may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis B and C while undergoing routine colonoscopy procedures, according to an Oct. 12 report from Fox ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

But Dr. Derek Ebner, a gastroenterology fellow at the Mayo Clinic, has some suggestions on how to make colonoscopy bowel prep easier. "The entire spirit of doing the colonoscopy prep is to make ...