A young woman waiting for her colonoscopy was left shaking when the doctors unexpectedly cancelled the procedure. TikTok user Jaimi, aka miss.jaimi, shared that, after running some tests pre-operation ...

A Kerala consumer commission has held a hospital, its medical superintendent and one doctor liable for medical negligence after finding that an elective colonoscopy was performed on a woman in 2011 ...

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 ...

Brooke Wessman is sharing her story to remind others of the importance of early detection and regular screenings, saying that a colonoscopy “saved my life” ...

A New York City woman got a colonoscopy in March 2019 and alleges that her doctor accidentally left a piece of equipment inside her body that wasn’t discovered and removed until December 2022—nearly ...

A new study has found that women can be screened for colorectal cancer at least five to 10 years later than men when undergoing an initial "virtual colonoscopy." Published early online in CANCER, a ...

In all, women who get the recommended screenings for breast and cervical cancer are still far more likely than other women to have their colons examined through colonoscopy or other methods, the U-M ...