Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect of the pandemic on colorectal cancer screening tests and diagnostic ...

Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect ...

Writer Kristina Kelly was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 36, while postpartum with her second child. And she knows she ...

Symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation have led to two colonoscopies and more digestive health ...

If polyps were found and removed during your colonoscopy, you might be worried about what that means for your colorectal ...

New Day Diagnostics' blood test is an alternative means of colorectal cancer screening, which doctors recommend starting at 45 years old.

March is national Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and area health care professionals are committed to education and prevention. According to a Bassett Healthcare Network media release, March is “a ...

Background and Aim: Since the diagnostic value of ileoscopy is not well documented, it is uncertain if terminal ileum intubation should be performed routinely in patients undergoing colonoscopy.

“That screening can turn into a diagnostic colonoscopy, if indeed polyps are found and removed during that procedure,” Stack said. Such removal – which occurs while the patient is under ...

A diagnostic colonoscopy may be performed where a doctor looks at the entire length of the colon and rectum, and can biopsy ...

Before a colonoscopy, a person needs to drink a special fluid that clears their bowels to make any irregularities easier to spot during the procedure. Some people may call this a “colonoscopy ...

Indications for colonoscopy included right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain, abdominal pain excluding RLQ pain, diarrhea, hematochezia, bowel habit change, asymptomatic medical check-up ...