Adequate bowel preparation is key for an effective colonoscopy, says Dr. Paul Johnson, a colon and rectal surgeon at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee. Proper prep increases the ...

A woman who survived bowel cancer after it was detected early thanks to a screening has said expanding the service to more people will "save lives". It comes as the Welsh government announced that ...

People at risk for contracting HIV from sex can reduce their risk of infection by up to 99% when they take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), an antiretroviral medication, as directed. However ...

Those with a positive result are invited for further testing, normally colonoscopy. Bowel cancer screening uptake has been increasing across the UK since the introduction of FIT. The most recent data ...

Who needs to worry about colon cancer, and what tests will we be able to use in the future for early cancer detection?

Colon cancers are increasing among younger Americans, so much so that experts advise colonoscopy screening begin at the age ...

Large polyps and colon cancers sporadically ooze small amounts of blood. If blood is detected, the patient must have a colonoscopy. Another more complex fecal test is Cologuard, repeated every ...

The treatment is done by resecting the suspected lesion(s) during the colonoscopy ... is also important that the prep is adequate. If there are stools left in the colon, the gastroenterologist ...

Investigators in Indianapolis (IN, USA) prospectively studied 712 subjects having EGD, either alone or combined with colonoscopy, to assess the effect of a split-dose bowel preparation on residual ...

Colon cancers are increasing among younger ... More information: Find out more about colonoscopy prep at the Cleveland Clinic.

Large polyps and colon cancers sporadically ooze small amounts of blood. If blood is detected, the patient must have a colonoscopy ... to know about its symptoms, treatment and prevention.

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