No one looks forward to chugging a gallon of gag-inducing bowel-prep and spending hours running to the bathroom, all as a prelude to an even more pleasant experience involving a snaking tube and a ...

It’s March, and that means spring…and National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Priyanka Patel, a gastroenterologist with Intermountain Health said, “The colon involves your large bowel, and ...

When Today in Ohio host Laura Johnston turned 45 this year, she faced a medical milestone many dread: her first colonoscopy. Her candid discussion about the experience on the cleveland.com and Plain ...

The last place I wanted to be on a Wednesday morning was the doctor’s office waiting to get a colonoscopy. Since colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United ...

Colonoscopies are the most effective way to detect and prevent colorectal cancer, the third most common cancer in the U.S. At-home tests are available but are less accurate than colonoscopies. Just ...