In the days leading up to your colonoscopy, you may want to eat and avoid certain foods to ensure the procedure is as ...

If you're between the ages of 45 and 85, you should have a colorectal cancer screening routine in place, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). But a colonoscopy—in which your doctor uses a special ...

According to experts, here's when to schedule your first colonoscopy, mammogram and pap smear to stay healthy.

Most people should receive their first colonoscopy by age 45 and repeat it every 10 years. However, you may need to start screening more frequently if you have a family history of colorectal cancer, ...

Preparation for a colonoscopy involves several steps. This includes dietary changes, drinking extra water, and consuming a special drink to help empty the bowels. A colonoscopy is a type of imaging ...

Colorectal cancer screening rates among Mexican American men lag significantly behind other groups at just 46%, compared with 60% of white men. One patient’s colonoscopy uncovers three polyps, ...

A colonoscopy can help your doctor find precancerous polyps, early colorectal cancer, or other health conditions that may be affecting your colon or rectum. Early diagnosis and treatment may improve ...

Doctors can provide alternative forms of screening for colon and rectal cancer but sometimes have a good reason to stick with the colonoscope. By Gina Kolata This year about 53,000 Americans are ...

Before a colonoscopy, it is important to empty the bowels so the doctor can clearly and thoroughly examine the colon. Bowel preparation pills are laxatives that people take to empty the bowels to ...

Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had four impacted wisdom teeth gouged from my jaw while under nothing but a ...

After a chance conversation led Lee Ray to get a colonoscopy, doctors discovered cancer. Now, he's sharing his story to thank the stranger.