Virtual colonoscopies could be a potential alternative to traditional colonoscopies that require patients to drink laxatives the night before the screening to cleanse their colons, according to an ...

According to Mark Baumel, MD, MS, president and CEO of Colon Health Centers of America, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer if detected early yet it remains the ...

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey needed to optimize care and capacity: Reimbursement gets tighter every year while patient demand grows. The practice aims to improve access for necessary ...

Throughout my medical training and then practicing as an intensivist, my entire identity as a physician was rooted in being at the bedside. Healing, I believed, required proximity; only by being ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Extensive cleansing of the bowel is not necessary for patients undergoing virtual colonoscopy, Dutch researchers report in the journal Radiology. Sign up here. Virtual ...

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...

Patient navigation was more effective than usual care in increasing follow-up colonoscopy rates after an abnormal stool test result, a new randomized controlled trial revealed. The intervention led to ...