For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers ...

This important procedure doesn’t have to feel awkward or embarrassing. Here’s what to know to make it easier.

Three years after NordICC trial’s much-debated 10-year results were published, follow-up data showed colonoscopy screening ...

People of average risk for colon cancer should get a screening or colonoscopy earlier than previously advised.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- No one likes to get a colonoscopy, but it's an important tool in the fight against colon cancer. There is an easier way: Cologuard is a non-invasive, effective, and affordable ...

A long-term study has examined how a colonoscopy affects the risk of colon cancer and the mortality risk in the event of a ...

For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

A local nurse is encouraging others to get screened for colon cancer following her own health scare at a young age.

Dear Savvy Senior: Are there any easier alternatives to a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer? I just turned 60 and my wife keeps nagging me to get tested, but I hate the idea of drinking that ...

Dana Kozlov is an Emmy Award-winning political investigative reporter for CBS2 Chicago. Prior to joining the station in 2003, she worked at WGN, CNN Chicago and WEEK-TV in Peoria, where she began her ...

Colorectal cancer is on the rise in adults under 50. Shermeine Hammie’s story is a powerful reminder of how screenings save ...

When David Lyon saw blood in his stool, he didn't think much of it. He was a fit 26-year-old who worked in a sheet metal shop. The spots were inconsistent, and he thought he might have just sustained ...