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Opinion

I got a colonoscopy

A story published in Scientific American reports that while the death rates of most cancers have decreased in Americans under 50, the rates of colon and rectum cancers have risen. Colorectal cancer is ...
Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...
SOUTH LYON, Mich. – When Rajeev Joshi of South Lyon turned 50, his primary care doctor recommended he get a routine colonoscopy. “I’m like, ‘Eh, just a hassle.’ You gotta, you know, do the bowel prep.
Colonoscopy is at the heart of gastroenterology. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool and it has become the central figure in the crusade against colorectal cancer. Seven gastroenterologists ...