NEWARK, Del. — The Colon Health Center of Delaware has been selling an alternative to one of medicine’s most unloved procedures: the colonoscopy. Rather than insert several feet of tubing into the ...

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 ...

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is used to examine the colon and rectum to detect abnormalities such as polyps and cancer. Polyps may be adenomatous (which have the potential to become ...

If you’re between the ages of 45 and 85, you should have a colorectal cancer screening routine in place, per the American Cancer Society (ACS). But a colonoscopy—in which your doctor uses a special ...

Despite not being covered by most insurers, virtual colonoscopy is gaining favor among patients because of its non-invasive nature and among providers, as new research has indicated it is about as ...

Having had two optical and one virtual colonoscopy over the last 10 to 12 years, I read the article about the procedures with much interest ["Inside Out," April 28]. Two things became immediately ...

According to Mark Baumel, MD, MS, president and CEO of Colon Health Centers of America, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer if detected early yet it remains the ...

When caught early, colorectal cancer is easily treated and has a survival rate of over 90%. At the same time, it is the cancer that people really don’t want to talk about — even with their doctor.

Virtual colonoscopy, also called computed tomography colonography (CTC) or CT colonography, is a noninvasive way to check for polyps and colon cancer tumors. If you need a colonoscopy, you may wonder ...

A study finds that use of virtual colonoscopy, a non-invasive way of scanning the colon for potentially cancerous growths, is on the rise. That’s a bit of a surprise, given that not all medical ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare, the U.S. federal health insurance plan for the elderly and disabled, will not pay for so-called virtual colonoscopies, which check for colon cancer using scans.