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 ...

Q: I'm a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening. It was a lot easier than a ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

Cologuard is an mt-sDNA test. It looks for abnormal DNA as well as blood in the stool. None of these at-home tests are quite as sensitive as a singular colonoscopy, but colonoscopy screens are ...

SEATTLE — Colorectal cancer is among the top leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. It's why doctors say screenings are so critical. As more ...

Q: I’m a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening. It was a lot easier than a ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This day and this month of Colorectal Cancer Awareness is personal to us here at WFMY News 2. Our own Julie Luck was recently diagnosed after a routine colonoscopy. Today, as we ...

Colorectal cancer is common, deadly and highly treatable if detected early. Aside from skin cancers, “colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United ...

Most Americans who are due for a colon cancer screening will receive a postcard or a call — or prompting during a doctor’s visit — to remind them that it is time to schedule a colonoscopy. But at big ...