Contextual socio-economic factors, health-care access, and general practitioner (GP) involvement may influence colonoscopy uptake and its timing after positive faecal occult blood testing (FOBT). Our ...

A new Veterans Affairs study finds that delays in undergoing colonoscopy following an abnormal stool test increase the risk of a colorectal cancer diagnosis and cancer-related death. The results ...

The goal of every clinician is to pursue the hippocratic principle: 'Primum non nocere, deinde curare'. That is, the targets of every medical intervention are safety and effectiveness. Although ...

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Delaying a follow-up diagnostic colonoscopy more than 10 months after a positive fecal immunochemical test may increase patients' risk for any colorectal cancer and for higher-stage colon cancer, a ...

On his podcast 'Howie Mandel Does Stuff,' the TV personality addressed headlines claiming he fainted at a Starbucks earlier this week. By Ariana Brockington Howie Mandel has shared the story behind ...

New data suggest that for individuals who do not have an adenoma detected on an index colonoscopy, the risk of developing an advanced neoplasia (AN) and colorectal cancer (CRC) is lower in those who ...

The middle-aged woman on the gurney trembled, stopped, and then shook again. It seemed an internal alarm wouldn’t shut off. “I’m pretty fit,” Kelly half-apologized through chattering teeth. “Even ...

Jennifer Jones wasn’t overly concerned when she went in for her first routine colonoscopy at age 50. Jones, who was the first African-American Radio City Rockette, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she had ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Colorado doctors are warning the deadly disease is on the rise among young people. Diagnoses in people under 50 have risen by more than 50% since 1994.

Because the woman had already received a positive result from a Cologuard test, her insurance company initially said it would not cover the cost of the colonoscopy Maria Pasquini is the senior news ...