A doctor on TikTok shared her five top pieces of advice to get through what she called "one of the most dreaded" exams.

A colonoscopy is a diagnostic procedure that examines the colon for abnormalities helping detect and prevent colon cancer ...

Approximately one in four individuals undergoing colonoscopy has an inadequate bowel preparation. Data from two retrospective studies indicate that 42–48% of colon polyps are missed on ...

However, according to Dr. Derek Ebner - a gastroenterology fellow at the Mayo Clinic, there are a few ways to make ...

Lower detection of polyps leads to higher rates of subsequent colon cancer. Artificial intelligence may improve the situation ...

He said he's still experiencing periodic symptoms, which he relieves with over-the-counter Preparation H. A one-ounce tube of the ointment costs $10.99 at CVS. To get a colonoscopy at a lower ...

So here's one rite of post-50 passage that far too many of us ignore, the colonoscopy ... First of all, let's talk about the prep. You start with a laxative. Look, is it a great way to spend ...

Individuals with negative colonoscopy screening results had lower long-term risk for colorectal cancer and related mortality, ...

However, that's the good news. However the prep is the same, which is I think the hard part of the colonoscopy, you're doing the same clean out, you have to take the same amount of enemas and ...

Here are 10 recent changes to colonoscopy laws, reimbursements and recommendations from 2024 that physicians should watch going into 2025: Beginning Jan. 1, Nebraska, Illinois, Kentucky and Vermont ...

Similar findings were reported by another group of Korean investigators who prospectively studied the quality of bowel preparation in 300 subjects undergoing colonoscopy. [14] All subjects were ...