Rather, he advocated for maximizing prep for all patients. This includes using verbal and written instructions for all components of prep, phoning or virtual messaging patients to help navigate the ...

Stool-based test offers a promising solution to reduce the burden of a colonoscopy," experts emphasized on September 21st, ...

Race and obesity are among the contributing factors to suboptimal bowel preparation for colonoscopy. Predictors of inadequate bowel preparation (IBP) in colonoscopy include use of Medicaid insurance, ...

However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops ...

5. AI for quality and efficiency: Artificial intelligence can play a major role in quality colonoscopy, from spotting polyps to assisting in documentation. Physicians should beware of a false sense of ...

As quality indicators and benchmarks for colonoscopy increase in coming years, gastroenterologists must think about ways to ...

This quick Q&A from Dr du Plessis will tell you why: It is recommended that anyone over the age of 40 has a screening ...

Virtual colonoscopy uses a computerized tomography (CT) scanner and X-rays to take 3-D images of the colon that can be seen on a computer screen. This test doesn’t involve sedation, but some ...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, also known as TIPS, is a procedure in which a stent, a small wire-mesh coil, is placed into a liver vein to form a channel, or shunt, that bypasses the ...

The former president’s preparations are more improv. They are pointedly called not “debate prep” but “policy time,” meant to refresh him on his record. Nobody is playing Ms. Harris ...

This study, titled “Polyp detection with colonoscopy assisted by the GI Genius™ artificial intelligence endoscopy module compared with standard colonoscopy in routine colonoscopy practice ...