How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis To give doctors a clear view of your colon during a colonoscopy, your large intestine needs to be completely empty. This will require some ...

If you have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, you need a colonoscopy. But for people who don't have any of these risk factors, they can get a Shield test every two years starting at age 45.

Colonoscopy Prep Is Not as Bad as You Think ‘Jim Sollisch gives readers the impression that there has been a universal shift to a three-day bowel preparation for colonoscopies.

Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA It’s now a three-day process. Medical tests should become easier, not harder, with time. By Jim Sollisch June 2, 2025 4:41 pm ET ...

SAN DIEGO — Administration of Rebyota by colonoscopy appears safe and effective among adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to results from the CDI-SCOPE trial ...

Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are both procedures that can help your doctor understand what’s happening inside your colon. A colonoscopy offers a full view of the large intestine and is the best ...

The mean age was 80 years in the dementia cohort and 74 in the non-dementia cohort. Among patients undergoing colonoscopy, patients with dementia were more likely than those without dementia to be ...