A colonoscopy is a telescopic and visual examination of the colon and rectum. It helps doctors detect abnormalities in the bowel, including signs of colorectal cancer. More than 15 million colonoscopy ...

If you’ve been putting off a colonoscopy, you’re not alone. The fasting is uncomfortable, the prep is disagreeable, and the procedure itself requires you to be put to sleep. But colonoscopies are more ...

A colonoscopy is a procedure that diagnoses and helps monitor inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This can play an essential role in preventing and treating colorectal cancer. Doctors diagnose IBD using ...

A colonoscopy remains one of medicine’s most effective tools for detecting colorectal cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. While the procedure itself typically causes minimal discomfort ...

Colonoscopy is at the heart of gastroenterology. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool and it has become the central figure in the crusade against colorectal cancer. Seven gastroenterologists ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and past president of the Florida Urological Society. Colon cancer may seem like a distant concern for some, ...

Since colorectal cancer is on the rise in people younger than age 50, national guidelines have recently pushed the starting age for colorectal cancer screening down to 45. We need to spread the word.