The NHS doesn’t offer bowel screening until we’re 50. Yet with cancer rates rising, it may be worth forking out for a private test ...

Mayor Eric Adams of New York said he underwent anesthesia last week for what officials said was a colonoscopy, but then the ...

City Hall officials said the colonoscopy turned up a result that spurred more tests and a doctor’s order for Adams to rest.

While colonoscopies are considered the gold standard of screening, it’s essential to make sure you’re not getting bum results ...

CHENNAI: Ever wondered how digestion happens in the body? The food we eat transverse through four tubes — the oesophagus, ...

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients exhibiting symptoms of colon cancer or having an existing colon condition ...

If your doctor recommends you have a colonoscopy, don’t worry. You may think it’s going to be a terrible procedure, but it won’t be. Most likely you won’t even be awake to remember it.

If you have either of these stool-based screening tests and receive a positive result, Medicare also pays for a follow-up colonoscopy. Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans cover 100% of the costs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - New Yorkers as young as 35 could soon have insurance-covered colon cancer screenings under a bill ...

Every minute, 38 people are diagnosed with cancer, and 18 people die from it globally, and it's estimated to increase by 77% to 35 million in 2050. However, study shows that up to 40% of cancers ...

In that case, a 15% Part B coinsurance applies, but not the Part B deductible. A high-risk individual has a colonoscopy two years in a row. Medicare defines high risk of developing colon cancer as ...