What would you do if you were a key player in a business responsible for one of the nation's biggest public-health crises? Leave town? Find a new line of work? Change your name? For most of the 14 ...

Nov. 13, 2002 — Patient-controlled sedation (PCS) during colonoscopy was as effective and significantly safer than standard intravenous sedation determined by the endoscopist, according to the results ...

With millions of Americans undergoing colonoscopies each year to screen for cancer, it’s not surprising that concerns were sparked by news that rocker Travis Barker was rushed to the hospital Tuesday ...

A prospective observational study has found that using right-sided colon retroflexion is generally achievable and safe, according to a report by Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. After cecal intubation, an ...

Nurse-driven, open-access colonoscopy programs are as effective and safe as colonoscopy following a consultation with a gastroenterologist, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. "Our ...

The recommended 10-year interval between screening colonoscopies may be safely extended to 15 years in adults with no family history of colorectal cancer (CRC) whose first colonoscopy is negative for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests patients with an average risk of colon cancer may only need to undergo a colonoscopy screening every 15 ...

(BPT) - Colon cancer is common and it's preventable. Early detection saves lives. Have you been putting your colonoscopy off? Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the ...

Colon cancer kills about 50,000 Americans per year. And screening does save lives. But getting a colonoscopy isn’t risk-free. About three out of every 1,000 people who have the procedure experience ...

New research suggests patients with an average risk of colon cancer may only need to undergo a colonoscopy screening every 15 years instead of the recommended 10. Swedish researchers found that ...