NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although swallowing a pill camera can give doctors a good picture of the colon, it is not as good as traditional colonoscopy at detecting precancerous growths and cancer, ...

A "camera in a capsule" could revolutionize bowel imaging technology, replacing traditional colonoscopies in diagnosing bowel cancer. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A kinder, gentler approach to one of the most dreaded exams in medicine is on the way: U.S. regulators have cleared a bite-size camera to help screen patients who have trouble with ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cameras-in-a-pill can capture views deep within the small intestine, but the doctors who read the results may often fail to spot abnormalities, a small study suggests.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the use of a wireless pill camera, like Given Imaging's PillCam, in its current generation, is not as effective as a ...

Thanks to new technology, a tiny capsule camera can examine your intestines while you get on with your work or walk your dog. Compared with the alternatives, patients experience virtually no ...

Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) represents a significant advance in colorectal cancer screening, offering a minimally invasive and patient‐friendly alternative to conventional colonoscopy. By using an ...

When most of us hear “colonoscopy,” more often than not it causes an involuntary gulp of trepidation, but thanks to the work of Israeli medical solutions company Given Imaging, that gulp will soon be ...

Patients who undergo colon screenings might breathe a little easier now that U.S. regulators have approved a pill containing two cameras. The... Patients who undergo colon screenings might breathe a ...

Three original images from an artificial colon, taken using an endoscope. The 3D model can be used to adjust the lighting in an original image so that darker areas become better illuminated, as shown ...

Darrin Carlson's chronic anemia was a telltale sign he might have internal bleeding. Doctors gave him X-rays, a colonoscopy and an endoscopy to try to find the source of his abdominal bleeding -- all ...