After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it’s a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you. But when the report arrives with the words “colon polyps,” some ...

Trainee involvement during colonoscopy offered mixed results when it came to exam quality and polyp detection, according to a population-based cohort study from Canada. Having a gastroenterology or ...

During a colonoscopy, if a doctor finds any polyps — abnormal growths that can sometimes turn cancerous — they typically ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

Colorectal cancer, or colon cancer, is a silent threat most of the time, starting right inside one's colon. However, in its earliest stages, it looks nothing like cancer at all. To the trained surgeon ...

Taking to Instagram on January 6, Dr Kunal Sood, Maryland-based physician in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, explained that the claim actually holds merit. “Colonoscopy prep is all ...

In about 5–10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

Magentiq's MAGENTIQ-COLO is one of the AIs recommended for use by the NHS. Five AI-based technologies that can be used during a colonoscopy exam to help detect the early signs of bowel cancer have ...

Occasional constipation is common and usually harmless, but it mostly results from dietary changes, inadequate fluid intake, stress, reduced physical activity, or temporary medication use, and in most ...

About 60% of those who die of colorectal cancer after a colonoscopy do so because lesions were missed during the screening. In response, two Japanese researchers have spent the last eight years ...