You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old male who recently had a colonoscopy and ...

After the fasting, the uncomfortable cleanse and a drowsy ride home, it's a relief to have your colonoscopy screening behind you. But when the report arrives with the words "colon polyps," some ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study support the 2006 consensus guidelines for monitoring patients with a known increased risk of colon cancer. The guidelines recommend that a ...

Colorectal polyps are small growths on the inner lining of the colon. Polyps are not usually cancerous; most are hyperplastic polyps with a low risk of cancer; but some (known as adenomatous polyps) ...

Increased demand for colonoscopies has prompted healthcare leaders to hone preventive screening, service delivery and innovation strategies in recent years.1 While the detection of polyps during ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps - a type of precancerous lesion that ...

Terry Crews isn't afraid to go deep with a role. The actor underwent an actual colonoscopy while reprising his character from 2006's Idiocracy in a new campaign for Lead From Behind, which is powered ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year-old male who recently had a colonoscopy and had several polyps removed, but there was also a “flat polyp” that couldn’t be removed. My doctor said that he usually ...