Sometimes, they just put it off, said Dr. Antoine Pham, an internal medicine doctor with Thrive Medical. He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients ...

Patients with a history of cholecystectomy are more likely to develop colonic bubbles during colonoscopy, a retrospective cohort study found.

"Performing a colonoscopy on a patient who isn't prepped well is like trying to drive with a dirty windshield," said Dr.

Because colonoscopy is an invasive procedure that requires taking powerful laxatives in preparation, many people opt for the ...

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal ...

Colon cancer is common but preventable. Discover the primary differences between at-home tests such as Cologuard and ...