After a colonoscopy two years ago, Patti Damare felt so delirious and weak that she couldn’t stand on her own. That was on a Friday, and she chalked up her symptoms to lingering effects of anesthesia.

The devastating statistics about deaths from colon cancer have put the spotlight on a dreaded disease, which, today, could be ...

Twenty-three patients at Kaiser Permanente’s Largo (Md.) Medical Center were treated with an improperly sterilized scope during their colonoscopy or upper endoscopy procedure, Fox 5 reports. 1. In a ...

A new European study on colonoscopies — the largest of its kind — has complicated results, and it’s left some people wondering whether they should have the procedure to screen for colon cancer. “I ...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (KHON2) — One of the many health concerns during the pandemic is the lack of people coming in for regular checkups, including a potentially life-saving colonoscopy. There is a new ...

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