Prep for colonoscopy usually involves a laxative beverage to clean you out before providers examine the bowels. Here’s what ...

An upper GI endoscopy happens through the throat, while a lower GI colonoscopy involves entry through the anus. Find more ...

Gifthealth has announced a strategic partnership with United Digestive, a leading practice management organization for ...

Poor bowel preparation also led to repeat colonoscopies for 18.9% of current GLP-1RA users, compared to 11.1% of controls ...

Let’s start with the cheapest, the yearly FIT, or fecal immunochemical test, which looks for fecal blood that might be caused ...

Another "loophole" in colonoscopy reimbursements is the fact that if a colonoscopy becomes diagnostic, patients can expect to pay 15% of the Medicare-approved amount for a physicians' services. In ...

The instructions for preparation came in the mail in a large envelope. If I were waiting to hear if I’d been accepted at Harvard, a large envelope would have been something to celebrate. For endoscopy ...

It is that time of year again. The wife and I worked our tails off, preparing for what has become, over the past half-century, our favorite day of the year. Okay, that is a lie. It’s Billie’s favorite ...

Actor James Van Der Beek recently announced he has the disease. The rate o colon cancer in people younger than 55 has doubled ...

Currently, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults of average risk, ages 45 to 75, receive regular screenings via a number of different possible modalities, including ...

Everyone knows that colonoscopies save lives, but that doesn't make drinking a lot of liquid laxatives in preparation for the ...

“The misconception is that [the client is] asleep and ‘I can’t hear anything’ and ‘I am losing control,’” says Boubari. “There is no loss of control. As a matter of fact, when you are in a state of ...