A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy — and the steps required to get one — can cause a spike of anxiety.

Quality colonoscopy preparation requires patients to follow instructions carefully. Researchers in a recent study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology examined patient factors that ...

Nancy Brown, 60, described her preparation with Suprep as “very tolerable,” a far cry from her son's experience 12 years ago. The days of drinking a gallon of oily liquid the night before a ...

Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the coverage ...

Endoscopy prep—getting ready for a colonoscopy or upper GI endoscopy—can be intimidating and a bit nerve-racking. During an ...

In his op-ed “Colonoscopy Prep Is Worse Than IKEA” (June 3), Jim Sollisch gives readers the impression that there has been a universal shift to a three-day bowel preparation for colonoscopies. This ...

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia found that colonoscopy preparation drugs administered the same day as the procedure are equally effective to those given the night before and ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Detailed results from a Phase 2B study of the lead formulation of a novel colonoscopy prep (ECP) being developed by ColonaryConcepts, LLC show the ...

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer, but every year about 50 million people in the U.S. who qualify for a colonoscopy don't get it done, according to the American Cancer ...