Corrections and clarifications: This story was updated to accurately attribute quotes to Dr. Svetang Desai. Should you be worried about colonoscopy complications? If you've been keeping up with some ...

Amy Schumer is opening up about how she's feeling after a routine medical procedure apparently went wrong. "I actually had kind of a botched colonoscopy, so I'm not feeling very sexual," she ...

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A breakthrough in microbiome research could change how colorectal cancer is detected—no colonoscopy required. Scientists used AI to map gut bacteria at an unprecedented level of detail, revealing ...

The recent death of the 48-year-old actor James Van Der Beek is again highlighting how colorectal cancer is increasingly killing younger people. Overall, cancer death rates in people younger than 50 ...

Colonoscopy is an outpatient procedure in which your large bowel (colon and rectum) is examined. Your doctor may perform the procedure to diagnose and treat, when possible, certain diseases of the ...

Colorectal cancer screening rates among Mexican American men lag significantly behind other groups at just 46%, compared with 60% of white men. One patient’s colonoscopy uncovers three polyps, ...

Colonoscopy prep, which involves drinking a liquid that helps evacuate your bowels, gives your doctor the best possible view of your colon during colorectal cancer screenings. But the process has long ...

It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. By Sam Anderson For many of us, a colonoscopy is a distant inevitable horror, like the heat death of the universe ...

Get ready for a butt load of ugly truth. A doctor is pulling back the curtain on what really happens when you’re under sedation during a colonoscopy — and it may change how you schedule the rest of ...

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 ...