A 40-year-old woman elected to have a colonoscopy years before the standard age—and was shocked to learn her instincts to do ...

Among underserved adults, colonoscopy remains the preferred CRC screening test, but preferences vary by age, race, education, and prior screening.

Genotype-informed surveillance should pair colonoscopy with upper endoscopy when MLH1/MSH2 mutations or family history elevate gastric cancer risk. Finding benign polyps during routine scopes ...

In patients scheduled for elective colonoscopy, a single dose of prucalopride — a 5-hydroxytryptamine type 4 receptor agonist — given the evening before a 2 L split-dose polyethylene glycol (PEG) ...

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Colonoscopy prep, which involves drinking a liquid that helps evacuate your bowels, gives your doctor the best possible view of your colon during colorectal cancer screenings. But the process has long ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

New preclinical research suggests that bowel preparation procedures for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, culminating in unappreciated effects in patients with compromised ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

Many patients with commercial insurance and Medicare still face out-of-pocket costs for bowel preparations despite ACA mandates. Low-volume bowel preparations are more likely to incur costs than ...