Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

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, ...

Scientists at the University of Geneva have created the first detailed catalogue of gut bacteria at the subspecies level, unlocking powerful new ways to detect colorectal cancer. By applying machine ...

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 ...

Instead of a colonoscopy, a healthcare professional will typically order the following tests to check for signs of liver damage: Although a colonoscopy does not check for liver damage, it can help ...

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Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. I’m on day three of my colonoscopy preparation. You read that right. Day three. Had this been ...

One thing about me: I’m gonna ask for a discount. While I won’t haggle with local, independent vendors who are putting in the work on their entrepreneurial dreams, I have no qualms about big deals at ...

“When I finally spoke to a doctor, he told me I was too young for it to be anything serious,” said Sydney Stoner Sydney Stoner was suffering from severe symptoms but was dismissed by doctors because ...