After a negative complete colonoscopy, patients who have their colonoscopy performed at a hospital by a non-gastroenterologist may be at higher risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer than ...

The devastating statistics about deaths from colon cancer have put the spotlight on a dreaded disease, which, today, could be ...

You know that you should book a mammogram every two years and a dental cleaning every year, but what about the rest of your body? A colonoscopy is a routine medical procedure that could save your life ...

Don’t be overconfident of that recent colonoscopy’s clean bill of health. That’s the lesson of a new study suggesting that colonoscopies reduce the risk of dying from colorectal cancer not by up to 90 ...

Following a negative complete colonoscopy, those who had their colonoscopies at a hospital and had their procedures performed by a non-gastroenterologist may be at a significantly increased risk of ...

Colonoscopies performed by surgeons and other endoscopists were associated with lower adenoma detection rates compared to those done by gastroenterologists, according to a meta-analysis. In a ...

Editor's Note: This article is made possible through a sponsored content partnership with New Hanover Regional Medical Center. A colonoscopy can help prevent colon cancer because a doctor will remove ...