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WEBVTT EMILY: 5 ON YOUR HEALTH. A COLONOSCOPY IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR PREVENTING AND DIAGNOSING COLON CANCER. BUT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, IT’S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO, SOME EVEN FEAR IT. NOW ...

Quality colonoscopy preparation requires patients to follow instructions carefully. Researchers in a recent study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examined patient factors that ...

WASHINGTON -- Patients using opioids were significantly less likely to be adequately prepared for colonoscopy, and were more likely to suffer surgical complications, a study here showed. Opioid users ...

Appendicitis is widely known to be associated with colon cancer. Consider a 2020 meta-analysis finding that appendicitis increases the risk of colon cancer 10 fold. It is now standard practice for ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Doctors are now saying you should get your first colonoscopy at the age of 45 instead of 50. An increase in colon cancer diagnoses in younger patients is the reason for the new ...

Timely follow-up colonoscopies can reduce the mortality rate from colorectal cancer, and patient navigators can play an important role in facilitating screening, according to researchers at the U of A ...

CHICAGO — People can be mightily reluctant to get a colonoscopy for reasons like cost, language barriers, or fear of what the exam might discover. One of the best counters to such barriers are patient ...