A recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology examined radiologists' preferences for optical colonoscopy or CT colonography as colorectal cancer screening modalities. The study ...

Peter Apicella, MD, chief of radiology at Salem Community Hospital says virtual CT colonoscopy involves a less intense preparation, does not require sedation, is less invasive and provides minimal ...

CTC (virtual colonoscopy) is a thin slice CT scan of the abdomen after adequate bowel preparation and colon insufflation in which data are reconstructed providing axial, multiplanar, and endoluminal ...

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who serves as vice chair of Ambulatory Services at Lower Manhattan Hospital and professor of medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical ...

A significant percentage of affected patients were observed to have dilated atria and left ventricular hypertrophy. Ingestion of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based solutions for bowel preparation prior ...

Some Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage may cover the cost of colonoscopy prep kits. However, private insurance companies administer these plans, so the coverage ...