Colonoscopy

colonoscopy prep

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger adults – here's when to get a colonoscopy and how to prep for it

Getting screened for colorectal cancer can save your life – and this survivor is quick to tell people

Kim Hall Jackson Cancer Screening

Effectiveness of colonoscopies called into question, but doctors say people should not avoid screening

Colonoscopies effectiveness

Delaying colonoscopy after abnormal stool test increases risk of colorectal cancer, VA study finds

Stool Tests Vs. Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer screenings should begin earlier, new guidelines state

Colorectal cancer screening

Cancer diagnoses have plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic – and doctors are worried

Cancer diagnoses COVID-19

Colorectal cancer risk factors increasing among millennials

colorectal cancer risk factors

Offering more testing options doesn't increase colorectal cancer screenings

Here are the recommended health screenings for women in their 50s

Penn researcher says more access to colon cancer screenings needed

Study: 29 percent of colonoscopy patients may have unneeded pre-screening visits

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CDC vaccine recommendations

At Trump's directive, CDC lowers amount of recommended vaccines for children

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