Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for CRC and CRC-specific death were lower for 15 years in the group with a negative first colonoscopy.

Rest, rehydrate, eat lightly, and watch out for any unusual pain or bleeding after your colonoscopy procedure. Colonoscopy recovery is usually quick, with most people resuming normal activity the next ...

Colonoscopy is at the heart of gastroenterology. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool and it has become the central figure in the crusade against colorectal cancer. Seven gastroenterologists ...

Cancer of the colon and rectum is the third most common cancer in the U.S., and the second deadliest. Every year, 150,000 new cases are diagnosed nationally and over 50,000 people die from colorectal ...

I’ve had many colonoscopies over the last two decades, so here are my tips for preparing for and going through the procedure. It's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Colorectal cancer is our country's ...

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 ...

The brief answer is no. Based on recent recommendations, this patient probably should undergo a repeat examination in 5 years. There are multiple different possibilities for the scenario posed, and ...

As colonoscopy demand rises, driven in part by more diagnostic referrals for patients under 55, GI leaders are also seeing patients trend older and more medically complex. Omar Khokhar, MD, a ...