A long-term study has examined how a colonoscopy affects the risk of colon cancer and the mortality risk in the event of a colon cancer diagnosis over the long term. The results are surprising. Colon ...
Doctors can provide alternative forms of screening for colon and rectal cancer but sometimes have a good reason to stick with the colonoscope. By Gina Kolata This year about 53,000 Americans are ...
We know that a colonoscopy is the most effective tool for the early detection and prevention of colon cancer. But anyone who has ever had a colonoscopy also knows that it's not necessarily something ...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced the presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of study ...
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer, but every year about 50 million people in the U.S. who qualify for a colonoscopy don't get it done, according to the American Cancer ...
Health insurance companies send all kinds of things in the mail: brochures about benefits, branded items such as coasters and duffel bags, and reminders to get certain health tests done. Some have ...
Large, single-center study calls into question the use of sigmoidoscopy to screen for colon cancer in patients over age 60 WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People over 60 years old ...
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