Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is considered one of the most effective and successful tools to protect public health: ...
Newswatch 16's Justin Gick spoke with a surgeon about the most common colon and rectal conditions in this Healthwatch 16.
Sedation using propofol instead of traditional sedatives may improve recovery time and patient satisfaction scores for people undergoing colonoscopy. Propofol sedation has little to no effect on ...
Mail-in stool kits such as Colorguard can detect warning signs, but gastroenterologists say a colonoscopy is still the most ...
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8 Symptoms of Colon Polyps

Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and ...
Grail LLC has presented data showing that when added to standard screening procedures for breast, cervical, colorectal and ...
Education Minister Erica Stanford says "parents should be furious" as the teacher's rolling strikes fall on exam days. Seven days of strike action by 21,000 school teachers is set to begin on Tuesday.
In recent years, colonics, also known as colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, have gained significant popularity within the alternative wellness sector. Marketed as a way to “cleanse” the large ...
The Providence Journal analyzed billing code data from all of the state’s acute care hospitals, ranging from diagnostic procedures such as endoscopies and colonoscopies to major heart and bowel ...
A Providence Journal analysis found vast price differences for the same medical procedures across Rhode Island hospitals, even with the same insurance. Shopping around for procedures could save ...
Thousands of Malaysian pupils will stay at home for up to a week, as schools were ordered closed after nearly 100 clusters of influenza infections were reported across the country. The sharp spike in ...