Because the woman had already received a positive result from a Cologuard test, her insurance company initially said it would not cover the cost of the colonoscopy Maria Pasquini is the senior news ...

When Brooks Bell was 38, doctors told her she was too young to have colon cancer, dismissing her textbook symptoms as "likely hemorrhoids." A few months later, after pushing for tests, the North ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WCYB) — March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and according to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women. It's ...

A Missouri hospital is under investigation after an elderly woman who was scared of having a routine colonoscopy died after having the procedure done at their facility. Martha Wright, 83, had never ...

Missouri inspectors have found that staff at a hospital south of Kansas City failed to properly respond to an 83-year-old woman who showed distress after a routine colonoscopy and died the next day ...

You know that you should book a mammogram every two years and a dental cleaning every year, but what about the rest of your body? A colonoscopy is a routine medical procedure that could save your life ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. – A new multi-center study has reaffirmed the difference between the sexes – at least when it comes to colorectal cancer detection and prevention. In the first large-scale study ...

A Twitter TWTR thread about a woman who recently died at 39 from colorectal cancer has spotlighted awareness about the proper age to begin screening for the often-fatal disease. It has also raised ...

Missouri inspectors have found that staff at a hospital south of Kansas City failed to properly respond to an 83-year-old woman who showed distress after a routine colonoscopy and died the next day ...