Last week I saw a film starring Ricky Gervais portraying a dentist who elected to have a general anaesthetic for a colonoscopy because he wanted to be quite sure that he was fully asleep while they ...

A colonoscopy is an exam that lets your physician see your entire colon. Before the test, your health care team will give you instructions for how to clear your colon of any stool. This process is ...

For anyone seeking to avoid the unpleasantness and discomfort of a colonoscopy, here’s good news: A computed tomography (CT) scan that provides a “virtual colonoscopy” of the large intestine is just ...

A new method of performing virtual colonoscopy using a CT scan — which doesn’t involve the dreaded laxative preparation to clear the colon the night before — may be about as effective as a standard ...

“Virtual” colonoscopies done using a computer-assisted X-ray are nearly as accurate as the standard kind and may entice reluctant patients into having the embarrassing procedure, U.S. researchers said ...

LITTLE ROCK — Last week I saw a film starring Ricky Gervais portraying a dentist who elected to have a general anesthetic for a colonoscopy because he wanted to be quite sure that he was fully asleep ...

Colonoscopy is better at detecting potentially dangerous colon polyps than computed tomography (CT) scanning is, a new study reveals. The conclusion differs from that of a recent report that found the ...

A new method of performing virtual colonoscopy using a CT scan - which does not involve the dreaded laxative preparation to clear the colon the night before - may be about as effective as a standard ...

Michele St. Martin, still in her mid-40s and without a family history of illness, seemed an unlikely candidate for worry. But after watching a television program about the risks of colon cancer a few ...