NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Given a choice, most doctors and nurses who perform colonoscopy would choose to be fully anesthetized when undergoing the procedure themselves - unless they had to pay full ...

One of the state’s health insurance giants and its corporate bean counters are making it more agonizing to get a colonoscopy – like that’s even possible. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is ...

A colonoscopy is a generally safe and effective preventive procedure to examine the colon for possible cancer, disease, or other growths. Complications are rare, but some people may experience chest ...

Gastroenterologists across the country are facing low reimbursement rates for colonoscopy demand. From 2007 to 2022, unadjusted and adjusted average reimbursement for GI procedures dropped by 7% and ...

A person may feel mild discomfort in the rectum or stomach area after a colonoscopy. However, people usually receive sedation or general anesthesia before a colonoscopy, so they will likely feel no ...

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

On January 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts implemented a policy that would have limited coverage of monitored anesthesia care for certain patients receiving colonoscopies and other ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband, who is 71, has been having some short-term memory problems over the past two years. We recently saw his primary doctor, who asked him some questions and had him do a few ...