Many women prefer to have colonoscopy performed by a female doctor, new research shows. In colonoscopy, a doctor guides a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera through the colon to check for cancer ...

A new study shows that women offered a female endoscopist were not more likely to undergo a screening colonoscopy than those who were not offered this choice. Past surveys have shown preferences for ...

THEY HAD FANCY CUPS AND MATCHING T SHIRTS, BUT THESE GOOD FRIENDS AREN’T BONDING OVER A GIRLS WEEKEND. THEY’RE BONDING OVER COLONOSCOPIES. MELISSA MULCAHY CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA AT BOOK CLUB. I KNOW, ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- Women may be under the false assumption they are at less of a risk for colorectal or colon cancer than men. The risk of developing one of these cancers is just about the same ...

Men and women may need different screening guidelines for colonoscopies because of varying tumor rates between the genders. A study released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.

Colon cancer isn’t just a man’s disease, and writer Pat Olsen knows all about the risk to women. During March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, she describes her experience with regular ...

Five years after a large study found that colonoscopy is the best way to detect early colon cancers in men, another has found that the same is true for women – only more so. The reason: the ...

Colonoscopies aren’t the most pleasant medical procedures around, but regular colon-cancer screening can potentially save your life. That’s why doctors and most professional medical organizations ...