Chinese researchers have developed a new sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect ...

As screening guidelines evolve and GI care increasingly shifts to outpatient settings, ASCs are seeing significant growth in colonoscopy volume. Here are ten developments shaping that trend: ...

Scientists have created swallowable microsphere “pills” packed with engineered bacteria that can detect signs of gut disease, ...

All adverse outcomes were of mild or moderate severity, and no significant trends were observed on the basis of LVEF status. The most common adverse events were hypotension (33%-36.4%), arrhythmia ...

On 'Live with Kelly and Mark,' Mark Consuelos admitted that he should have already gotten screened for colon cancer.

We conducted a cross-sectional study using a web-based survey among members of Ukraine's endoscopy society EndoAcademy (Kyiv, Ukraine) (October-November 2023). The questionnaire assessed colonoscopy ...

A Providence Journal analysis found vast price differences for the same medical procedures across Rhode Island hospitals, even with the same insurance. Shopping around for procedures could save ...

The Providence Journal analyzed billing code data from all of the state’s acute care hospitals, ranging from diagnostic procedures such as endoscopies and colonoscopies to major heart and bowel ...

Medicare pays for colonoscopy screening tests, but how often they're covered depends on whether you are at high or low risk for colorectal cancer. If you are at low risk for colorectal cancer, ...

Having a doctor stick a camera up your butt searching for cells that could turn into cancer is never going to be fun. But it’s still the most effective way to screen for colon and rectal cancer, the ...

Imagine correcting your vision in under a minute – no lasers, blades or pain. Scientists have developed a novel, non-invasive technique that reshapes the cornea using only a mild electric current and ...