Sometimes, they just put it off, said Dr. Antoine Pham, an internal medicine doctor with Thrive Medical. He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients ...

I am writing to stress the importance of ensuring that anesthesia is routinely used during colonoscopies at Georgetown Public Hospital Coroporation. A colonoscopy is a vital procedure used to ...

Or they have a fear of having a medical procedure, or the risk of anesthesia doesn't make a colonoscopy the right choice for them. Sometimes, they just put it off, said Dr. Antoine Pham ...

could not fully complete our colonoscopy. I must also note that I was never given any option of sedation/anesthesia. I merely went to my first clinic date at the GI clinic and after stating ...

"A physician is always in charge of the patient's care," said Bryan, who was working in an endoscopy room providing anesthesia for colonoscopy patients on the day White Coat, Black Art visited the ...

Over 90,000 Mid-Missourians are affected by the Anthem and MU Healthcare dispute, facing canceled appointments, higher costs, ...

When he needed a colonoscopy, Winard ... Then the bill came: $10,723.19, including $1,436 for the anesthesia and $1,039 for the recovery room. After an insurance discount, his plan paid $817. ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much ...

A colonoscopy - the golden standard of colon ... to ensure a patient's comfort when deep sedation and general anesthesia are used. A breakdown of the costs was not revealed, but people ...