In 2021, the recommended age for a colonoscopy for someone at average risk was lowered to 45 from 50, after data showed a 15% ...

Brooks Bell and Sarah Beran were diagnosed with colon cancer in their 30s. Their doctors initially thought they hemorrhoids ...

Compared to stool DNA testing, researchers found that CT colonography is a cost-saving and clinically effective method for ...

Medicare now covers both DNA stool testing and CT colonography, so researchers decided to perform a head-to-head comparison ...

Losing weight is often seen as a fast track to better health—but there’s a line between healthy habits and harmful extremes. While regular exercise and a nutritious diet can stave off an array of ...

Of the 15,150 participants who had polyps detected by flexible sigmoidoscopy, 10,850 had information available about follow-up colonoscopy. The findings were described for both the distal colon ...

Dean sought out a gastroenterologist — who scheduled a colonoscopy immediately. The doctor found and removed a precancerous polyp from Dean’s colon in October. “If I didn’t get it checked ...